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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348060618403 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "james kune" <jjj_kune@msn.com>
Reply-To: jameskune@excite.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:37:03 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr James Kunte, the Assistant Manager Credit and Foreign bills of
United Bank for Africa(UBA). I am writing in respect of a foreigncustomer of
our bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris
Thompson, an american by citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife
and only daughter.

You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site
which I got during myinvestigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

Since the demise of this our customer, Ipersonally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no
one has come to claim his funds of US$7.5M (Seven Million Five
Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch
for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next
of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than Ten Years, because the money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was
making a research on a foreigner i will use in this great upportunity.
For your assistant i will give you 20% of the total amount then 10% has
been maped out to donate to the motherless baby home, while the
remaining 70% will be for me and my partner. Upon the receipt of your
response, I will send you by e-mail the Letter of Application which you
will type sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this
transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is
hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for
the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this
transaction will be completed within five banking days of recieving your
response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision or call me on my direct
phone number 234-8060-6185-03.

Send me your Telephone and Fax numbers for quick communication.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.James Kunte
Tel: 234-8060-6184-03

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