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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • brattstormdavid@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID BRATTSTORM" <david_brattstorm@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brattstormdavid@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:16:19 +0000
Subject: MY INTRODUCTION,

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PlC
54 marina st Lagos
Tel;234 806-259-9969,
brattstormdavid@sify.com

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.BRATTSTORM, DAVID ,from the First Bank of Nigeria Plc,Lagos Branch.
I got your contact through.the internet I
have urgent and very confidenti all business proposal for you. On January
7,1999, an America Oil consultant/
contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Charles
Ballassi made a numbered time (fixed)deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$9,700,000.00(NineMillion Seven Hundred
Thousand Dollars) in my branch upon maturity. Isent a rountine notification
to his forwarding address but
gotnoreply.After a month,

wesent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers,the
Nigerian National Petroleum Cor
poration that Mr.Charles Ballassi died in the plane crashof 31 October
1999[with Egyptian 990] with other passengers
aboaed as you can confirm it yourself via the website
below:http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990
..list/index.html on further investigation,i found out that he died without
making a WILL,and at tempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless.I therefore madefurther investigation and
discovered that Mr. Charles Ballassi
didnot declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his bank deposit paperwork in
my bank. This sum of US $ 9,700,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest
is being rolledover with the pricipall sum
at the end of each year.

No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to Nigerian law, at
theexpiration of (Six) years, The money
will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund.Consequently my proposal is
that i will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr.
Charles Ballassi so that the fruit ofthis old
man's labour will not get into the hands of somecorrupt Government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to
provide immediately your full name and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents and affidavits
which will put you in place as the next of kin.We shall employ the service
of two attorney for the drafting and not
arization of the WILL and obtain the ecessary documents and letter of
probate/ administration in your favour for the
transfer.


Any ,bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to
you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account
forus to share in ratio of 60% for me and
40% or you. There is no risk at all,The paper work for this transaction will
be done by the attorneyand my position as
the Branch Manager guarantees the success ful execution of
ths transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the
private email address below,upon your
responce, I shall provide you with more detailsand relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.Please observe
utmost confidentiality and berest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because ishall require your assitance to invest
my share in your country. Please upon the reciept of this
mail message,

send to me the following to enable start the process of the fund into your
bank account:

1.Your full Name and address
2. The name of your bank
where you want thefund to be transferedinto, Account
beneficiary
3. Your privateTelephone and fax number
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email;
brattstormdavid@sify.com

Thanks and regards ,
Mr.BRATTSTORM, DAVID
MANAGER,FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PlC

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