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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Nana Agyeman" <ssbkelvin@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Agyeman@bluebottle.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:11:30 +0000
Subject: Can You be Of help

Dear Patner,

I am Nana Agyeman.This mail
is written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as

NEXT OF KIN to my Late Client, MR. PAUL SIDENER.
My Deceased Client MR. PAUL SIDENER, an AMERICAN with the DEPARTMENT
OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES(DPR) in Ghana made a fixed Deposit of Fund valued

at $15m USD with INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK(ICB) and unfortunately

lost his life with his wife and kid in a car accident along KUMASI
express way on October 31,2004.
The only know nest of kin is his wife who also lost her life also in
the
auto crash except some vital document related to the Deposit still in

my possession.
The Governing Body of the Bank has contacted me on this
matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claims to the
Fund.

Under a clearand legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your
consent to be presented as the Next of Kin so that my late
Clients'Fund
will not be confiscated by the Bank.
For the sake of transparency on this matter,you are free to make
immediate contact to me via my e-mail for further information related
to
this matter.
Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while we expect
your
prompt response and reply.

Best Regards,

Nana Agyeman.

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