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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • afrank2009@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Claudia McVeigh <ssn02@live.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:26:56 -0400
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Frank Afobi branch Manager of a Bank in

Lagos Nigeria.I am contacting you to assist in the

claim of some outstanding sum of money which was

left by one of my very good clients who died in a

AF4590 plane crash on his way to America after he

left Nigeria to Germany for business.

This client Christian Eich was an engineer with one

of the foremost construction firms here in Nigeria.

He left no known next of kin and all our attempts to

trace someone related to him to whom we could pay

the money proved abortive. I have now personally

decided to contact you to stand on behalf of the

family so I can present you as his next of kin using

my influence as a Manager of this bank.

The amount involved is USD11 million (Eleven million

United States Dollars) which is the account

balance.You can view the website for more details on

the death of the man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm I

contacted you because it is against our code of

ethics to own and operate a foreign accounts and

your assistance would be needed to claim the money

.I have agreed that 30% of the entire sum would be

for you if you agree to take part in this profitable

transaction, 65% for me while the remaining 5% would

be used to pay back the expenses that may be

incurred during the course of the transaction by

both parties after the fund has been claimed as the

next of kin.

You should send me the following information's

through my private email address: afrank2009@aim.com

1. FULL NAMES.
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
3. AGE.
4. OCCUPATION.
5. PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER.
6. FAX NUMBER (if any)
7. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
Upon the receipt of the above information I shall

send you more details.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Frank Afobi.
+2347035825518

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