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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • bank_kata@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bank_kata@katamail.com" <bank_kata@katamail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:00:51 +0000
Subject: From the bank


Kata Bank of Nigeria Ltd,
40 Marina Street, Lagos - Nigeria.
Website: http://katabank2000.tripod.com
Email: bank_kata@katamail.com

Confidential Money Transfer Proposal

Dear,
I am Dan Danjuma of Kata Bank of Nigeria Limited, Lagos. I got your mail ID from the Yahoo Chat Room. I am sending you this Confidential Proposal to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out a transaction of money transfer.

The sum of US$14.8m (Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) belonging to one of our foreign customer (Engr. Idris Hussein) who died with his wife and only child in October 23, 2005 Bellview Airline plane crash is in a Special Fixed Deposit Account.

We are looking for a trust worthy foreign partner to stand as the next of kin to the deceased and beneficiary to the money. If this money is not claimed as planned, it will go into the banks treasury as unclaimed fund and our greedy directors will divert it for their selfish use. But we can claim the money and use a reasonable percentage of the fund to help the poor and the needy.

Every document to affect this transfer of the fund will be in accordance with the banking laws and guidelines, so you need not worry or fear about this. We will use normal banking procedure and legal means to transfer the fund legally within 14 working days. I therefore, request your absolute secrecy and confidentiality. And you need to give me assurance that you will not disappoint whatsoever, after the fund is successfully transfered into your account.

We have decided that 35% of the money will be for you, 30% will be for the poor and needy while 35% will be for us here. I will send you the Transfer Procedure if you are capable. Indicate your interest by replying this mail without any delay.

To assure you of the reality of the fund, see below the attached scanned copy of the Certificate of Deposit, issued to the deceased by our bank.

Thanks in advance for your anticipated assistance.

Your's faithfully,
Dan Danjuma

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Offro&Cerco: CASA, LAVORO, VACANZE, ELETTRONICA, INCONTRI. Tutti gli
annunci sono online su Kataweb all'indirizzo http://www.offroecerco.it

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