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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • estd_1975@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Emmanuel Jude" <estd00000@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:49:00 +0000
Subject: HELLO

 

 

Hello,

 

Permit me to ask you if you are a relative, friend or know about Mr. /Mrs. Watson Cliff . I am Emmanuel Jude that works with GATEWAY TRUST BANK PLC. And MR. WASTON CLIFF IS MY CLIENT, a foreign national client of mine, who until his death was an employee with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria. my client who died together with his family on vacation holiday at Tsunami disaster: this is the link of the disaster for your Confirmation, [http://www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html], unfortunate lost their lives while on tour in a disaster last year December 26, 2004 Tsunami Thailand, which took thousands of lives.

 

Since then I have made several enquiries to many of the Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, as this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided totrack his last name so as to locate any nearest relative or to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you but even if you are not a relation, friend or know about him I can present you as a next of kin hence it has been mandatory that I must present a person to the bank as next of kin if you can keep to the secret.

 

For you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, this said amount was Valued at about US$14,000,000.00(FOURTEEN MILLION United States Dollars).The Constitutional provision of the Federal Republic of Nigeria further mandates the deceased Attorney to repatriate the funds to original Country of deceased if established. The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next Quota of the year.

I seek your consent so deeply to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$14,000,000.00).
 
(1) 30 % to you.
(2) 60 % to Me
(3) 10 % will set aside for any expenses incurred by both of us during the process of these transactions.

 

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. Waiting for your urgent reply to my personal email address (estd_1975@myway.com) Please do not click reply to respond to this email otherwise, your reply will not get to me.

www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html

Best regards,
Emmanuel Jude.

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