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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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.Joseph Daudu"<josephdaudu22@myway.com>
Reply-To: josephdaudu2020@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:51:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU??.












Dear Good Friend,

I am making this contact with you in good faith, my name is Mr Joseph Daudu, the personal accounting officer to Mr Barry Salter,a national of your country who used to work with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 6th of June 2001, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a Car accident along Sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to their Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, but this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my clientbefore they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about 13.7million United States Dollars has issued me a notice as his accounting officer to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years, now I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 13.7million United States Dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law.

Best regards,Mr.Joseph Daudu.



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