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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Charle Weah <wcharles712@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:51:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP.


Attn;Sir,
I am Mr.Charles Weah, the Personal secretary to late Mr John Waugh, an expatriate, who used to work with shell development company Accra-Ghana.
On the 21st of April 2004, my master, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Hillakondji Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my master's extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts.
I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property,{gold} left behind by my master before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Security company, where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, Security company where the deceased had a deposit value of $12 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the deposit confisicated within the next three official working weeks.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives, I seek your concent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this deposit valued at $12 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me will share the money, 50% to me and 40% to you,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary deposit documents I took out from his shelve when I heared of their death, 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.
You have to assure me that you will not sit on the fund when it is finally claimed.
Please get in touch with me through my e-mail to enable us discuss further.Or telephone:++233 244581062.
Best regards,
Mr.Charles Weah.











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