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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)
  • "prepared to give you 30% " (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "nat akainyah" <nataka02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:14:10 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE


URGENT RESPONSE
from the desk of
Nat Akainyah
THE TRUST BANK LIMITED
Reinsurance House
68 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue Adabraka
P. O. Box 1862
Accra – Ghana, West Africa


DEAR SIR,
I am Nat Akainyah . It is a pleasure to communicate with you. I am the (G M,
Operation & Systems) with THE TRUST BANK LIMITED,Reinsurance House
68 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue Adabraka Accra – Ghana. A reputable commercial bank
here in accra ghana. I am constrained to write to you because of a
development here in 2006. A french man Monsieur Jacques Claude opened a safe
deposit account and made an initial deposit of US $11.5millon in bonded $100
bills in safe deposit box number 5073. He never showed up again.However
investigations carried out lately have shown that monsieur Claude was killed
in a shoot out rebels ambushed with some Congolese business men in a town
called Wagingo on 18th March 2002. 11 days after he opened the account in
circumstances that looked unusual. Nobody has come forward as the next of
kin to claim the money.I want you to stand in as the deceased next of kin so
that we claim the money. I will do the necessary documentation here in my
bank as the chief Executive.You do not have to bother. The whole document
bearing the name of Monsieur Jacques Claude will be retrieved by me. There
are no risk involved and I assure you that I will use my privilege position
to ensure a smooth transaction. I am prepared to give you 30% of the total
sum at the end of this transaction as soon as this money is in your
possession. Contact me by email: for more details. I am waiting to hear from
you .
Regards,
Nat Akainyah

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