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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: busisho104070@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:11:56 -0800
Subject: Busisness Relationship

>From The Desk Of Dr.John Bome White
Foreign Operation Dept,City Express Bank International,
Abuja Branch.

Good day,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue if its nature as eing very CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since
you do not know me personally.Igot your contact through the world CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, hence i took the initiative of writing you.
Please accept my apology for intruding into your privacy or for any inconvineces that my letter
might cause. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, I am Dr. John
Bome White a Branch Manager, CITY EXPRESS BANK OF AFRICA. We had a foreign client Kathleen Grundy
who deposited a huge sum of money ($18.5million) with our Bank over a period of 2 years of Her Banking with us, Eventually,this client was among the victims murdered by Dr. Harold Shipman,The UK's Worst serial killer on 24 june, 1998. for more information visit the website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/the_shipman_murders/the_shipman_files/608935.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/shipman.shtml

and since then we have not had any body nor relatives coming for the claims as the next of kin.and I have waited for6-7 years,A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Bank. Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before her death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past six years plus,I have removed the file to my private vault. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and ,I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his/her account.And your percentage will be 30%, 10% will be incured to proccess every thing.
please I will like you to send down the following details if you are interested.

1, YOUR FULL NAME
2,home/house address
3,mobile/phone number
4,Your Occupation and age.
i guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me as soon posssible,to enable us discuss further.
My Regards,

Dr.John Bome

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