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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 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: "dan peters" <petersdan@gala.net>
Reply-To: danpeter@live.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:34:14 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY


>From The Desk: Attorney Dan peter
London-England Uk.
email (danpeter@live.com)

Good day

I am Attorney Dan peter an account operator to late (Mr. Michael Dixon)a
nationality of your country who unfortunately died on the Terrorist attack
in Liverpool London on the dated 7th July 2005.Since the death of
(Mr.Michael Dixon)I as his account operator have made several enquiries to
locate his relations to come up for the inheritance claim, without any
success.I came across your name and contact on the course of my personal
searching for my late client relations/next of kin so I decided to contact
you for this project.

I am contacting you to assist in securing the wealth left behind in a fixed
deposit account by my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where my late client operates an account The board
of Directors of the bank has issued and spread a notice that after 2 months
from now and no relation shown up for the claiming of the said funds, the
funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.


Since The board of Directors of the bank have been unsuccessful in locating
my client relatives for sometime now,it's on this note that I seek your
consent to present you as the relation/next of kinto my late client that the
proceed of this deposit can be released into your account.The amount
deposited $7.5 Million Dollars also i believed withinterest$7.5millon I will
agree with you on 70% and 30% you . I guarantee that this transaction will
be executed Inder a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any
breach of the law. Upon your Response,furnish me with: Informations Needed
are as follows:

[1] Name: ________________________________ [2] Address:
____________________________
[3] Age: ______________________________ [4] Sex:
_________________________________
[5] Telephone: __________________________ [6] Fax:
_________________________________
[7] Occupation status: __________________


As soon as I receive all theseinformationfrom you I will present it to the
bank Directors that I have locate therelation to my late client since they
asked that I should provide the next of kin for them to release the
inheritance fund. Let me hear from you once you acknowledge my email.Get
back to me reply me on this email
(danpeter@live.com)

Yours faithfully,
Attorney Dan Peter

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