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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:
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "shoke kwaso" <shoke015@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshokede@yahoo.ie
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:05:20 -0700
Subject: Att:MD/CEO.


Att:MD/CEO.

I AM MR.SHOKE EDE,THE BANK MANAGER OF ECO BANK PLC, ENUGU BRANCH NIGERIA.

I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEF BUSINESS WITH YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT
IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF USD 95,700,000) WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT
SINCE 2003. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE
ACCOUNT DIED ALSO ON 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO NEXT OF KIN
TO THE ACCOUNT,READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH VISITING THIS WEBSITE:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN MY POSITION AS THE BANK BRANCH
MANAGER GIVES CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMISSION OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
KIND REGARDS,
MR.SHOKE EDE.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam