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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: "Mr. Patrick Agbandu" <patagba27@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: patrickagbandu@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:04:04 -0700
Subject: Dear Good Friend


Dear Good Friend,

I am Mr. Patrick Agbandu. The Manager, Bill and Treasury Department of
Spring Bank Plc. I got your contact during my search for the relatives of
one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Ente Clark an expatriate who works
with Oil Company here in Nigeria before his accidental death on Friday, the
9th day of Dec. 2005 via Ill-fated Sosoliso Air Crash.

During our bank routine check, we discovered the sum of ($15M USD) Fifteen
Million United States Dollars in a domiciliary account which belong to the
late deceased and our bank is planning to freeze his account now and
transfer his money to Federal Government account as unclaimed bill as nobody
comes up to claim his money. And I don't want to loose this money as this
will be an opportunity for both of us to make money. I now want to transfer
this money to you for safekeeping/disbursement. The request of a foreigner
to stand as next of kin is that the late deceased was a foreigner and a
Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I am ready to negotiate
the mode of sharing with you.

I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% legitimate and hitch
free. All I needed from you is your honesty, sincerity, co-operation and
assurance to me that my own share will be release to me after the transfer
of this fund to you. Due to the nature of this transaction, you have to keep
this transaction absolute secret/confidential. Do not tell anybody about
this transaction till we get this money into your account. I have concluded
the whole arrangement for the immediate transfer of this money to you.

Trusting to hear from you immediately to enable us proceed further.

Thanks and yours sincerely,
Mr. Patrick Agbandu.

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