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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348066300048 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: kimaeve lioudmila <kim_lioud_mila1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dhan10102001@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU THANKS.


DEAR SIR,=20
=A0
=A0
I AM MR. KIMAEVE DEBORAH, I AM HIS ACCOUNT OFFICER, TO LATE MR HUN CHUNG. I=
AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO CARRY OU=
T THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY CAPACITY. FIRST I AM=A0 CITIZEN OF CHINA =
BUT I BASE IN UNITED KINGDON,AND MR YUP CHUN WOO WAS MY CLIENT BEFORE HIS D=
EATH,AND HE DIED IN THE YEAR 2004 DECEMDER 18TH ALONG WITH=A0 HIS ENTIRE FA=
MILY OF A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN IN A FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT HERE IN UNITED KI=
NGDOM,BEFORE HIS DEATH MR YUP CHUN WOO,HAS A DEPOSIT OF (ELEVEN MILLION UNI=
TED STATES DOLLARS) WITH A BANK IN CHINA HIS COUNTRY,AND HE MADE HIS WIFE H=
IS NEXT OF KIN TO THE ACCOUNT, BUT UNFORTUNATE SHE DIED ALONG WITH HIM,SINC=
E THE DEATH OF MY CLIENT HIS BANK IN CHINA HAVE SEVERAL TIMES WROTE TO ME=
=A0 TO PRESENT MY LATE CLIENTS NEXT OF KIN WHO WILL CLAIM HIS MONEY IN THEI=
R BANK,AND I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SEE IF I COULD LOCATE ANY OF HIS=
DISTANCE RELATIVES BUT ALL PROVED ABORTIVE.=20
SO I AM WRITING TO YOU IN OTHER TO USE YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE CL=
IENT SO THAT YOU WILL CLAIM THE FUND AND IT WILL BE SHARED BOTH OF US ACCOR=
DING TO HOW IT IS BEEN STATED HERE BY ME,%30 FOR YOU,%60 FOR ME,%10 WILL BE=
SET ASIDE INCASE OF ANY SUNDRY EXPENCES INCURED BY BOTH OF US DURING THE T=
RANSACTION,PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS TRANSACTION BEFORE YO=
U DECLARE YOUR INTEREST BECAUSE I HAVE EVERY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACC=
OUNT AS HIS LAWYER.
=A0
AND YOU SHOULD FORWARD TO ME YOUR FULL NAME,FULL ADDRESS AND YOUR PRIVATE P=
HONE AND FAX NUMBERS,THESE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE ME TO PRESENT YOU TO THE=
BANK AS HIS BONAFIDE/BENEFICIARY NEXT OF KIN AND=A0 THE FUND WILL TRANSFER=
TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY THE BANK.
=A0
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVE IN THIS TRANSACTION AS IT IS IN M=
Y POSITION TO PRESENT MY CLIENTS NEXT OF KIN TO THE BANK .
I AM EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.
=A0
MR. KIMAEVE DEBORAH .
234-8066300048
=A0
=0A=0A=0A

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