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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.
• 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.
  • +2348063097014 (Nigeria, 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.
  • forthchamber@terra.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "forthchamber" <forthchamber@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 05:06:14 -0600
Subject: Thanks From Mr. James


From: Mr. James O. Kalu

My Drea Friend,

I am very sorry for the informal manner in which this letter is reaching you, as this was necessitated by my urgent need to reach a dependable and trustworthy foreign contact, This request may seem unsolicited for or perhaps otherwise but I hope to crave your indulgence and pray that you take my request seriously considered.

I am Mr. James O. Kalu, an emloyee , working with Union Securities and savings Company In Western Part of Nigeria, however, I am representing one of our clients, Late Mr. Miodrag Kovak, Former Yugoslav Minister of Health, as an Insurance and financial management consultant, he Mr. Miodrag Kovak employed my personal assistance to service his personal/private deposit with my company Union Securities and savings Company . On July 16, 2004 upon maturity of the deposition I made all frantic efforts to contact Mr. Kovak but all efforts to reach him proved abortive/failed.

I was forced to travel to Yugoslavia and there I got the tragic news that Mr. Miodrag Kovac committed suicide in his hotel room in Madrid (Spain).After further investigation and reviewing of his file, I also discovered that Mr. Kovak did not declare any Next of Kin in his official declaration files and since after his death past 3yrs this deposit has been lying unattended and no one has forwarded claims or renewals of this deposits. Please see this webpage for further information on the tragic incident involving Mr. Kovak: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/1925439.stm)

What bothers me most and also which has promted me in contacting a trustworthy and reliable foreign partner is the fact that according to the laws/rules governing insurance and depositary sector in my company/ orginization is at the expiration of a deposit investment, and if nobody/relative or next of kin files or come for claims or renewals after a period of given time one year, the Fund, Bond Certificate or Articles automatically reverts to the government/firm purse as unclaimed.

Against this backdrop I am proposing to you as a foreigner to stand as the Next of Kin to Mr. Kovak so as to receive this deposits to any foreign bank account you could provide me with, Should you be interested, please send me your private TEL/FAX/EMAIL included a mail to me expressing your sincere.trustworthy assistance and interest and then there after I will disclose the full detail and also wiill quide or direct you on the contents of the whole matter, including myself hence I am asuring you a 100% risk free mutual transaction

However I will transfer the necessary documents and in-depth details of this transaction to you for your review and also proposing a 30% commission for your assistance.

Finally I am using this opportunity, imploring you to "PLEASE" exercise the utmost indulgence in keeping this matter extra ordinarily confidential and away from third party whatever your decisions may be while I await your urgent and sincere responce. You can reach me on my Cell/ direct Tell: +234-806-309-7014 or Email: forthchamber@terra.com.mx
Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation and faithfulness.

Sincerely Yours

Mr. James O. Kalu,
(ADMIN OFFICER)

Please see this webpage for further information on the tragic incident involving Mr. Kovak (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/1925439.stm)

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