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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • abbajones33@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Abba=20Jones?= <abbajones33@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: abbajones22@myway.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:53:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From:Jones Abba.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: abbajones33@yahoo.co.uk




CONFIDENTIAL.


I am Mr.Jones Abba,a bank manager, I will like to do a very brief

business with you.There is a dormant account in my bank with a credit

balance of (USD$52,000.000)fifty two million united state dollars which has been dormant for about five years now, on my further investigation I discovered that the owner of this account is a foreigner who died five years ago in a motor accident along With his wife and two children, coincidentally he left no information about his next of kin for the account because he was hiding the source of the money from the government.



What I need from you is to use your name as the beneficiary and next of kin to the original account owner and then I will use my position as the bank manager to give clearance and onward remission of the fund into your nominated bank account.



I will supply you with all necessary information about the account which you will present to the bank through a lawyer, after the bank has accepted your application then I will go ahead and destroy every documents associated with this transaction and we will go ahead and share the money at the ratio,30% for your services to me and 65% for me, the remaining 5%will be set aside for any expensesincurred during this transaction.



Please your urgent reply is highly needed so as to stop further contacts.kindly include your telephone and fax numbers, thanks.



1}Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For easy personal contact and mutual

discussion.


2}Your passport or driver's licence for an affidavit of claim.


These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made.


Regards

Jones Abba.




- Abba Jones

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