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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "abidjan" (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.
  • ericmorgan50@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?eric=20morgan?= <ericmorgan50@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: eric.morgan01@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 05:06:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM DR.ERIC MORGAN


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: ericmorgan50@yahoo.com.br

DR.Eric Morgan

Branch Supervisor,

Banque International De L’Afrique De L’Ouest (BIAO-CI),

Abidjan,Cote D’Ivoire,


Dearest Beloved,


This mail may be a surprise because you did not give me the permission to do reach you and neither do you know me in person. Before introducing myself, I want you to please forgive me for sending the mail without your Consent .


Dearest beloved I came to know you through my search for a reliable, transparent and trustworthy person or partner to assist me execute a vital private and confidential business transaction as stated below, therefore I am very glad I have found a person like you.


I am DR.Eric Morgan an account officer with Banque Internationale de L' afrique De L' Ouest Cote D' Ivoire. I am writing following an opportunity in my department here in the bank that will be of immense benefit both of us.


In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $10 million Ten million united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer the Late Mr Smith B.Andrea an American oil engineer with Petro Technical Services Sarl who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife.


You read more on the crash on visiting this Site.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska. airlines.list/smith.html.


Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.


Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his wife [Patty Andrea] died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim.


It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.


The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained after six and half years, the money will then be transferred into Government treasury as unclaimed funds.


I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as the foreign partner, while the balance will be for me. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.


Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction. Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.


As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to your yet to be provided account has been finalised.


We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response. Please in your response include your telephone number for easy communication between us.


Best Regards,

DR Eric Morgan.


PLEASE NOTE:

The material being sent to you contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL information only for the use of the addressee(s) named above.


If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please note that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited.


It is requested that anyone who receives this communication in error notify the sender immediately by e-mail reply and destroy all copies of the transmission received.


Thanks!

FROM DR.ERIC MORGAN



- eric morgan

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