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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • writesmithemeka1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Smith Emeka <smithemeka6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <writesmithemeka1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:34:29 +0000
Subject: Waiting your responce .



Dear Sir,Compliment of the day.I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of my Deceased Friend who died in a car crash on the 13th February 2007. The reason for this is to inherit a Contracts Payment Deposits Account of $6.4 million of which the Deceased left in a in the bank.Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want you to please assist me to inherit the fund into your Account. This request emerged last week when the bank contacted me for the attention of my Deceases Friend (perhaps for one reason or the other they have tried to contact him and was unsuccessful).However, there upon I announced his death and protocols observed I was mandated(as the deceased's Friend) to provide the Next of Kin to inherit the Deposits or they will freeze it as" Unclaimed Deposit". Unfortunately,and unknown to the bank, the Next of Kin was among the dead in the car crash.But rather leaving the Deposits/Account frozen hence I seek your help to claim the fund into your Account as you are a foreigner and I have the required Information to execute the transaction under legal process.Contact me for further information and commencement of the transaction, include your direct mobile number and be informed that your compensation will be 30% of this fund, while 70% will be my share.It is only trust and honesty to our self will make this claim to work out accordingly, and success will be our achievement at the end of this transaction.Reply me through my alternative email address below:(writesmithemeka1@yahoo.fr)I wait to hear from you soon.Best Regards,Mr Smith Emeka

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