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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis Bent" <db2net4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dbent2net@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:42:16 -1200
Subject: Re: This is very urgent please.


*Mr.Dennis Bent.
Clydesdale Bank
Glasgow-Scotland
United Kingdom.*


*I am Mr.Dennis Bent. head of Auditing, Clydesdale Bank Scotland.On
Wednesday 19 April,2000 one Mr. Andreas Schranne,German National, a
property magnate,whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered
time (Fixed)Deposit,valued at £6,550,000.00 (Six Million,Five Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Pounds ) for twelve calender months in my Bank
Branch.Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered that Mr.Andreas Schranne,his wife and only daughter was
aboard the AF4590 plane,which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the
Hotelissimo.You can read more about the crash on visiting this site
**http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>

*My investigation, proved that he died with his supposed next of kin
the daughter Mrs.Andrea Eich, in the crash.The total sum,£6,550,000.00
is still 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.I wish to present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late
Mr.Andreas Schranne.Consequently,Upon acceptance of this proposal,I will
give you a detailed information on how this deal would be carried out.The
money will be shared in the ratio: sixty five percent(65%) for me,thirty
five percent(35%) for you.*

*I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the
Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.*

*Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.On your
reply include your*

*(1)Private telephone.*

*(2)Your full name.*

*3)Your private email address.*

*Awaiting your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Mr.Dennis Bent
*

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