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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 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)
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "RICHARD WILLIAM" <richardwilliam30@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:13:41 +0800
Subject: Reply this mail!


Dear Dearest,

It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and
assistance in the context stated below.

I am Richard William , the personal Attorney to the late Engr. Steve
Cassie, an expatriate with Chevron Development Company Nigeria. who died in
an auto crash, along Warri Sapale Highway, Delta state ,Nigeria on the 21st
of April 2002.Before his death, my client had a total sum of $2 Million {Two
Million United State Dollars} with a financial institution here in Nigeria,
hoping to transfer the fund to his country before the untimely death
occurred to him.

Since the pasted four years, all efforts to reach his relatives have proved
abortive after his death, following the notification from the financial
institution to present his relation/beneficiary. Hence that is why I come to
seek your consent/indulgency to present you as the Next of
kin/Relation/Beneficiary to the decease, because you have the same surname
with him. I have agree to share his fund with you after the money have been
transferred into your custody in the ration of 30% for you and 60% for me
and 10% for both internal and external expenses made my both side in the
cost of this business.

As his lawyer I have the necessary legal document in my possession that we
shall use to make the claim. If you are interested and capable to carry out
the transaction with me, Kindly send me the following:- {1} Your full name
and address so that I can apply for claim on your behalf {2 Your occupation
and Age. {3} Your telephone and fax number for effective communication All
I require is your honest cooperation and to work by my directives to enable
us achieve this set goal and I guarantee that this transaction will be
successfully execute under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
and I from any breach of the law.

I wait your reply,Mail me back for more details!

Best Regard,
Richard William.

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