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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.
• 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.
  • jaymakudi200@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Oke Oke" <okeoke003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jaymakudi100@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:13:28 -0900
Subject: attention. gallo

Dear Gallo,

I am jay makudi a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Mark
Gallo a National of your Country,who has lived in Nigeria for the past fifty
years, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client.In july
2004, my client, was involved in a fatal car accident . All occupants of the
vehicle lost there lives, my client was one of them.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially,the money
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, where the deceased had an account valued at about $14.7
million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have
the account confiscated.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased since
you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at
$14.7 million dollars can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and
then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.All legal
documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin, will be
provided. 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 anybreach of the law. Please get in touch with me, to
enable us discuss further about this transaction. If you are interested,
please endevour to send along your telephone number for further
communications. Fax number for sending to your the necessary document to
back up this transaction

Best regards,

jay makudi.

jaymakudi200@yahoo.co.uk

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