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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "observe utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Saleh" <ahmed.saleh@klikni.cz>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:55:55 +0400
Subject: Transaction with you


From The Desk of:
Mr. Ahmed Saleh
National Bank of Dubai
Umm Suqeim Branch, Dubai.
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)

Dear
Well, I am sincerely sorry for bugging into your privacy; it's due to a
business deal in my bank of which I require your kind and honest assistance.


Please let this massage not be a surprise to you because I got your
information and lay trust in you before I contacted you. My name is Mr.
Ahmed Saleh the Branch Manager, National Bank of Dubai. (Umm Suqeim Branch,
Dubai)I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

An America consultant and construction company Mr. Norman Shapiro made a
numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued atUS$10,000,000.00
(Ten Million United State Dollars) in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply, and after a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, American consultant construction company that
Norman Shapiro died in a plane crash in Egypt Air Flight-990; 1999 air
crash.

For more information about this person and the crash, you can contact
this website:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since we got this information about his death and on further investigation I
found out that he died without making a 'WILL' and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Norman
Shapiro did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my bank.

This sum of US$10,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the Laws of United
Arab Emirates, at the expiration of 8 (eight) years, the money will revert
to the ownership of the (U.A.E)
Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin to Mr. Norman Shapiro so that the fruits of this old
man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of
the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate
administration in your favour for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70%
for me and 30% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via My Private Email address
. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand this transaction.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply
My regards,
Mr. Ahmed Saleh
NB Dubai

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