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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Anthony Aman <jnt24@latinmail.com>
Reply-To: b2b8@latinmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 03:37:21 +0100
Subject: Mr. Anthony Aman



Mr. Anthony Aman.
Ecobank, Cotonou, Benin Republic

I wish to notify you that I am privileged to peruse over your profile today I am greatly impressed on your person. I am Mr. Anthony Aman. the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
section of Ecobank, Benin in West Africa, and also a special account officer of Dr. George Sunil Habib,a Lebanese.He was a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Cement Company in Benin Republic, who unfortunately died in the Plane crash of Union TransportAfricaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december 25,2003.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting
this website:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ or
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html

Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Dr. George Sunil Habib has a fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash, Since then I have made several enquiries to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over5 weeks 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 US$18.5 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money. 65% to me and 30% to you while 5% will be for any expenses.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation 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.


All documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information to me:
A.Private telephone number
B.Private fax number
C.Private email

Await your Urgent reply

Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Aman.

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