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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2215545692 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • elishagw77@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Godwin Elisha" <elishag@mixmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: elishagw77@mixmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:10:52 -0700
Subject: Urgent response

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Godwin Elisha, i am an accountant with the Bank of Africa.(BOA), Dakar Senegal Branch.
I am very sorry if this is an inconvinience in any way, just that i need you to see me through with this transfer.
This business request may seem strange, but I crave your indulgence and pray you view it seriously as
I am convinced that you would be capable to provide me with a solution to a money transfer.
On June 16, 2000, a German property magnate Mr. Andrea Schranner made a numbered time (fixed)
deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at US$12,500,000.00(Twelve Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars )in my branch upon maturity. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers
(the Petroleum Corporation) that Mr. Andrea Schranner died in an air crash with his family.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a will and attempts to trace
his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr. Andrea Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit paperwork. This sum of US$12,500,000.00 and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it .According to african law, at the expiration of five years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Senegalese 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. Andrea Schranner.
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 attorneys for the drafting and
notarization of the will and obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate
administration in your favour for the transfer into any bank account in any part of the
world which you will provide.We will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as
the beneficiary/next of kin.The money will be paid into your account for us to share in
ratio of 40% for me and 40% for you and 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured
during the business , while the other 10% will go to charity organisation. There is no risk
at all,the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as
an accountant in the bank with the help of the branch Manager guarantees the successful
execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below, upon your responses, I shall provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would
be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Please upon the receipt of this mail message, send to me the following to enable me start the
processing of the fund transfer into your bank account:
1.) Your full name and address,
2.) Your company name and address if any,.
3.) Your private / official telephone and fax number.
Awaiting your Urgent Reply via my private email: elishagw77@mixmail.com and
call me for discussions in regards on my personal telephone number on +2215545692.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards

Mr Godwin Elisha
Principal Auditor:
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
DAKAR-SENEGAL.Branch.
Tele : +2215545692
Email:elishagw77@mixmail.com

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