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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "liberia" (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.
  • smartfranklin_2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "smart franklin" <smartfranklin22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smartfranklin_2@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:36:50 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR UPDATE

FROM: MR SMART FRANKLIN
HAMPSHIRE TRUST BANK
144 NUXLEY ROAD,
EA2 JG34 LIBERIA.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am MR SMART FRANKLIN a Bank Manager/ financial consultant, HAMPSHIRE TRUST
BANK IN LIBERIA. A bank manager and adviser to Mr. LOUIS PACK, a foreigner
and also a Managing Director of INTER GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LTD (I.G.C).Mr
Louis Pack died here in LIBERIA . I made several enquiries to his
Embassy,since after the restoration of peace and the swearing in of a new
president Mrs SIRLEAF JOHNSON in LIBERIA to locate any of my clients
relatives, immediate and extended family,but all to no avail.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet, to see if i can locate any of his family member but all
efforts proofs abortive , in view of this i decide to contact you for an
assistance.Sir, I need you to assist in securing the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where his huge deposits was made.

Particularly, the bank where the deceased had a domicilliary account valued
at (£6.5M)six million five hundred thousand British Pounds GBP. The bank
has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account
confiscated .
Since I have been unsuccesful in locating the relatives . Please sir,I
hereby seek for your kind consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased over the proceeds of his account valued at £6.5 Million Pounds
,This money could be paid into any of your nominated bank account to enale
us work together with the instruction of the will left behind, and the
ballance could be shared among us as agreed by both parties.
I have all necessary documents to back up your claims as a Next of Kin to
the deceased. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through this Email address above.
to enable us discuss further: smartfranklin_2@yahoo.com

Best regards
MR SMART FRANKLIN
FOR HAMPSHIRE TRUST BANK
LIBERIA.

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