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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 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.
  • dattiahmed44@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "TAHMED DATTI" <ahdatti45@msn.com>
Reply-To: dattiahmed@gawab.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:21:59 +0000
Subject: BE MY TRUSTEE FOR THIS VENTURE

Sir/Ma,

BE MY TRUSTEE FOR THIS VENTURE

Please refer your acceptance mail for quick attention on this
address:dattiahmed44@yahoo.co.in

My name is Mr. T. Ahmed Datti. I work with the Inland Bank of Nigeria plc
now Inland group as a group head treasury department.

In the discharge of my duty, I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has
remained dormant for six months now with ten million, five hundred thousand
United States dollars ($10.5m) in it.

On personal investigation, I discovered that the account holder died in auto
crash accident with the members of his family who should be the next of kin
to the amount. Prior to the opening, I as the account officer advised that a
next of kin be presented but he requested for OPEN MANDATE BENEFICIARY AND
BASED ON THAT I AM DEEPYLY ASKING THAT YOU STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY.

I am writing you so that we can work together to remit this money into your
account as the next of kin hence the depositor happened to be a foreigner.

Outside this, the bank management will return same as current asset or
confiscate this amount of money as uncleared effects and send back to the
Nigerian deposit insurance corporation account.

If I hear from you, I will tell you all you need to know about the money and
the operational method we can use to effect the remittance into your account
for our mutual benefit.
Best regards,
T. Ahmed Datti

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