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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hassan Omar" <hassano001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hassanomarprivate@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:31:20 +0000
Subject: HELP..

FROM :AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.UNITED
BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.


I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable for this important business believing that you will never let me
down either now or in future.This mail will definitely be coming to you as a
surprise, but I must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you.

I am Mr.Hassan Omar,an Auditor General of one of the Prime Banks here in
Nigeria. am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my Bank (MR. ANDREAS
SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who perished with his whole families on 25TH
JULY, 2000. Since his death, I personally have watched with keen interest to
see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his funds and our bank is ready to release to any foreigner who will come up
as the next of Kin to Late MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER, my investigation proves
that nobody know anything about this account. The total amount involved is
$42,000,000.00 USD.

At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for us here, we
would give you 30% of
the total transfer sum, while the remaining 5% will be set aside to settle
expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.

I wait in anticipation of your co-operation in reply.

Your's
sincerely,
Mr.Hassan Omar.

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