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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 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.
  • steve_bassey50@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stevebassey1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:58:41 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TRUST?=


Hello,

I am Mrs Mary udoma the Auditing and accounting manager United Bank of
Africa,i request your co-operation in the project of US$25 Million that

was deposited in my bank by Mr.Rudi Fassnacht from Cologne,Germany in
the year 2000.This money according to his explanation was given to him
by
an undisclosed football philantropist to shop for African players for
his new club in Germany, Unfortunately he died along with his entire
family on 31st July 2000 in a plane crash without concluding that very
assignment. Since we got this information about his death, we have been

expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we
cannot release it unless some body applies for it as his next of kin or

relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and
laws
but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind for
the claim. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after seven years, the money will be
transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request of a
foreigner
as his next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the
customer was a foreigner. The point is that his employers are not aware

of his deposit with us,the whole details relating to Mr.Rudi Fassnacht
deposit is also with me.I am looking forward for a foreigner like you
who will act as the next of kin actually not coming to my country for
the claim but the fund can be wired transfered into your provided
account.I have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing
you as
the next of kin as well as to transfer the money abroad for us to
share. If you agree to act as the next of kin to enable me transfer the

money to our own benefit,i will give you 40% of entire the sum,60% will

be
for me.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH,
VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


Best regards,

Mary Udoma

Direct line 234-806-8187068

steve_bassey50@yahoo.it




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