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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: J Kamba <j_kamba2@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:58:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTENTION























































DEAR FRIEND,

=A0

=A0 I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SENDER IN
PERSON.LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU,I AM
JOHN KAMBA,THE DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF AUDITING AND
ACCOUNTING UNIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMERCIAL BANK,GHANA,IN WEST
AFRICA. I DISCOVERED YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE
SEARCH ON A WEB DIRECTORY AND AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR
PROFILE,I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU HOPING THAT YOU WILL
BE HONEST AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS
VENTURE.I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY UNSOLICITED MAILS FLYING AROUND THE WORL=
D TODAY,BUT TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS=A0 SOMETHING GENUINE AND REAL PLEASE.I G=
OT TWO OTHER GOOD CONTACTS TOO,BUT I
DECIDED TO REACH YOU FIRST TO SEE IF YOU COULD BE
INTERESTED.DURING MY AUDITING IN THE BANK,I DISCOVERED
A HUGE SUM OF $9-MILLION USD BELONGING TO ONE MR.
ANDREAS SCHRANNER,A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO WAS A GOLD
MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR ATTACHED WITH THE OBUASI GOLD CORPORATION
COMPANY HERE IN GHANA,AND HE WAS THE OWNER AND THE DIRECTOR
OF ONE OIL COMPANY HERE IN GHANA.MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER AND HIS ENTIRE FAMIL=
Y WAS
INVOLVED IN A PLANE CRASH ON JULY,YEAR 2000. PLEASE
CONFIRM THE CRASH THROUGH THIS WEB SITE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm SINCE I DISCOVERED THIS =
FUND HERE IN THE BANK,I HAVE
PERSONALLY CONCLUDED A SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION ABOUT
THE FAMILY AND FIND OUT THAT THERE IS NOT OTHER PERSON
LETF TO INHERIT THIS FUND.ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO
SEEK FOR A FOREIGNER WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS A
NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED SO THAT THE FUND WILL BE
LEGALLY TRANSFERED TO HIS BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEM.I HAVE ALREADY CONCLUDED ALL NECCESSARY
UNDERGROUND WORKS HERE IN THE BANK THAT WILL LEAD TO A
SMOOTH CLAIMS OF THIS FUND.SO PLEASE I WANT TO KNOW IF
YOU COULD BE INTERESTED TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION
WITH ME ASAP BEFORE THE BANK PAYS THE MONEY TO THE
GOVERNMENT TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.WE SHALL DISCUSS
ABOUT THE SHARING OF THE FUND WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.
PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY AND LET ME KNOW YOUR WISH
ABOUT THIS SO THAT I WOULD KNOW THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE
FROM HERE.
YOURS SINCERELY,
JOHN KAMBA.=20
=0A=0A=0A

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