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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Johnson Edward <ej_johnsonii@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:33:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Golden opportunity


Dearest One,
Complimetns,

I am Mr Johnson Edward ,an accountant of auditing and accounting section of Bank of Africa in Nigeria.
With due respect and regard I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of (U.S.4 MILLION DOLLARS) FOUR MILLION from the above mentioned bank. This money belongs to one of our customers,(Robert Rice ) who died in a plane crash with his wife and the fund has been lying dormant with the bank with out any claim,either from his family or relation up to date.
I am contacting you to act as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased.There is no risk in this transaction,as all loope holes has been taken care of,and all necessary informations as regards to this fund have been secured.
Be notified that I am still working with the bank and it's only me and my colleagues that are aware of this development,thus treat this proposal as confidential and secret for our security.
I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and I see this as a golden opportunity to be comfortable in life.
As soon as this fund is secured into your account,I will come over for the collection of our due share.
The sharing mod is as follows:20% for you the account owner,70% for me and my colleagues ,while 10% will be set aside for expensis made during the transaction.
Here is the website of the plane crash that took the life of the account owner and his family:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Looking foward to hearing from you.
My regards,
Edward.





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