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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: john kelly <kellyjohn2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:42:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent response


Dear VICTIMNAME
I write to aknowledged the receipt of your reply mail. Thank you for your kind interest in this business of transfering of these huge of fund into your account abroad.
I believe that with ultmost commitment and good sense of direction, we shall succeed in this venture within the shortest period. Now i explain :This fund is a discorverd money in account of one my late customer in my bank where i work for now as a manager, the late beneficiary of the said account has no next of kin that supposed to claim the fund in that respect it is matter of urgent attention, the business is 100% risk free to be strike immediately. I assured you as i know that if we succeed it will change our life, so now i would want you to work with me as the next of kin to the late beneficiary and let get this money out to your destination account, we should work with deligent, honesty and sincerity of purpose to achieve the aim.
I request you funish me your age/occupation,your contact address/private phone number,fax number for easy communication and for futher details.
I am 44years old married with three lovely children, i have been in the bank finance industry for 19years now, for that i would not want to loss my job.I also have an image which took me decades to build.
These are my requirments for proceedure of these transaction:
(1) Your bank account number with bank telephone/fax and full address of the bank.
(2)Photocopy of your international passport to seave as the next of kin to the late bene ficiary.
We shall start up this transaction at the receipt of these requirement from you to experdit action immediately.Waiting for your favourable response.
Regards

John Kelly



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