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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • folarinade@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ade folarin <folarinade300@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: folarinade@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:23:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED



From the Desk of: Mr.Ade Folarin
{Head, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail: folarinade@latinmail.com
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is
Mr.Ade Folarin, Head, Corporate & Investment Banking
with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is
coming from someone you have not met before and due to
high volume of Spam mail that goes around the world
through this means but I have no other choice than to
send it to you through the internet means, Therefore,
I will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all
your trust and full co-operation.
I came to know about you in my private search for a
reliable person/company to handle a confidential
transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.
As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world
trade center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos,
Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was
not made known to them.
Proposition :
An America Mr. Morris Thompson who is an Oil
consultant/contractor with NNPC had in our Bank the
sum of US$5.5m in a domiciliary account Number:
14-2558-2004, of which I am the account officer, he
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving
nobody to claim the money. He named his wife, as the
next of kin. Unfortunately, two of them died in a
plane crash you can confirm it yourself via website :
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank
through the American Embassy in Lagos to contact any
of the deceased children but to no avail, as we were
made to understand that the couple had no children.
Given the skeletal information available to the Bank,
it has so far been impossible to reach any of the
relatives. The option left for the Bank management is
to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the
funds to trading on behalf of and in the interest of
the Bank.
In Nigeria, and almost all other parts of African
continent, when Banks acquire funds such as that of
Mr. Morris Thompson, they are required by law to
donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust
Fund For Arms And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions
purchased with funds from the Trust Fund are used to
further enhance the course of war in Africa and
invariably turbulence of some sort in the world in
general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage
this negative development that my Colleagues and I now
seek your assistance to have you stand as a distant
relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. Morris Thompson, so that
the funds would be released to you. All documents and
proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully
packaged once we receive your consent on this
proposal.
May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe
and risk-free, as we have taken care of all necessary
modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.
I have the authority of my partners involved in this
transaction to propose that should you be willing to
assist us in the transaction your share would
be 40% of the US$5.5million, 60% for us.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me.
Best Regards.
Mr.ADE FOLARIN
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail
address: folarinade@latinmail.com
1 your full name....................................
2 telephone number.................................
3 fax number................................................
4. address........................................................
and other relevant informations thanks and GOD BLESS



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