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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:
  • "million united states 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "fkonan7 Gazeta.pl" <fkonan7@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: fran_kona@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:49:02 -0700
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED FROM YOU MY FRIEND.


Dear Sir,

My Name is Francise Konan,a credit officer with the one of the
leading (Finance Trust House) here in Republic of Benin,Cotonon.

In my department i discovered an abandoned funds $18,000.000.00
(Eighteen million United states dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customer (Andrea Stocks} who died along with his entire
family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

Since i got information about his death, I have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately
we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or his entile family died
alongside with him at the plan crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into
the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after Eight years, the money will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as
next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and an Indigene cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.

Your percentage will be declare to you as soon as you indicate your
interest. I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated .Therefore, to enable the immediate move of this
fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or
next of kin of the deceased indicating.

1.Your full name and address
2.Your telephone and fax number for easy communication.
3.Your company's name and address if any.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the
text of the application . I will not fail to bring to your notice that
this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any
atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the movement
of
the money.

I anxiously awaiting to hear from you.

Yours Faithfully,

Francise Konan.

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