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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "RUSSELL JACK" <jruss88@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: russell_jk101@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:18:32 +0000
Subject: Please this is very URGENT, read carefully and get back to me quickly.

Hello,

I am Mr. Russell Jack of the City Exchange Finance and Securities Services,
London.

I have reason to recontact you via this medium as i have tried all possible
ways to get through to you but without a subsequent reply to my previous
mails. Please do get back to me this time.

I seek your assistance in clearing a Treasure Box containing a sum of
Seventeen Million United States Dollars, which has been dormant in our
vaults in the last five years!

The said box was deposited by a foreign customer from Germany (Mr. Andreas
Hunt Schranner) who unfortunately was one of the victims of the AF4590
German Concorde plane that crashed on Monday, 31, July 2000, with every
member of his family. Check the following website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

He has lost touch with us. After going through some old files in the records
I discovered that the owner of the deposit died without a [heir]. Hence I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 5years. Now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased.

Going by the usual statutory rules governing our operation, the treasure box
shall be handed over to the relevant government authorities as an unclaimed
deposit within the next two months. Therefore, on receipt of your positive
response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for
transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to
back you up for claim.

Details shall be made available to you as soon as I hear from you, please
include your telephone numbers on you reply.

Thanks & God Bless!

Regards,
Russell Jack.

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