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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • mrobi_paul@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul obi <mrpaulobi2002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:25:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello


From Mr. Paul obi
bill and exchange dept.
Bank of Africa Plc.
Foreign remittance

My name is Mr. Paul obi. I work with the bank of Africa Plc manager, bill and exchange of the foreign remittance department. In the discharge of my duty, I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for six months now with ten million, five hundred thousand United States dollars ($10.5m) in it. On personal investigation, I discovered that the account holder died in auto crash accident with the members of his family who should be the next of kin to the amount, all I need you to do is to stand as the next of kin to our late customer so that this funds can be transferred into your nominated bank account.

On further investigation, I found out that: -

a) he has no other living declared relative
b) he had died interstate (without making a will)
c) he was into real estate venture (realtor)

accordingly, all attempts to trace a next of kin has been fruitless.

I am writing you so that we can work together to remit this amount of money into your account as the next of kin hence the depositor happened to be a foreigner. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out from my table and i will perfect every documents to be in accordance to the banking laws and guild lines hence you have nothing to worry about for I am assuring you a 100% risk free transaction.

It is simple process, which will take a short while to process. Outside this, the bank management will confiscate this amount of money as uncleared effects and send back to the deposit insurance corporation account.

If I hear from you, I will tell you all you need to know about the money and the operational method we can use to affect the remittance into your account for our mutual benefit. Also include your full name, address and phone number.

Sincerely
Mr. Paul obi
NB: please reply to my private email: mrobi_paul@hotmail.com




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