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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN HUFFMAN." <jh195305@scarlet.be>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:39:49 +0100
Subject: I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT REPLY.


FROM JOHN HUFFMAN.
GOODDAY TO YOU TODAY.
MY NAME IS MR.JOHN HUFFMAN,I AM THE SON OF LATE MR.LOUIS HUFFMAN,I AM 17 YEARS OLD. I KNOW THAT THIS EMAIL WILL COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
I AM WRITING TO SEEK FOR YOUR ABLE ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THE SUM OF USD$15.500,000 MILLION(FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED, US DOLLARS ONLY)FROM MY LATE FATHER?S BANK ACCOUNT IN AFRICA.
MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER WHO RAN A CARMAKER BMW'S MUSEUM AND ACHIEVED BUSINESS MAN WHO DIED IN THE AIR FRANCE CONCORD PLAN CRASH BOUND FOR NEW YORK IN THEIR PLAN FOR A WORLD CRUISE ON THE 30TH OF JULY 2000 ALONG WITH MY MOTHER AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER KARL,I LOST BOTH PARENTS AND BROTHER IN THE ILL FATED PLANE CRASH,AND IT COST ME MY FORTUNE.
I AND MY LITTLE SISTER ARE BEEN TAKEN CARE OFF BY MY UUCLE, MY LATE FATHER'S BROTHER.THEY TOOK ALL MY FATHER'S PROPERTIES AND SHARED AMONG THEMSELVES JUST BECAUSE WE ARE SMALL.
MY FATHER HAD AN ACCOUNT WITH ( STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC) IN AFRICA,AND I WAS HIS NEXT OF KIN.STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC CONTACTED ME LAST WEEK TO INFORM ME OF MY LATE FATHER'S MONEY WITH THEM AMOUNTING TO THE TONE OF$15.500,000,MUSD (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) IS OVER DUE FOR PAYMENT AND THEY HAVE PLACED THE MONEY UNSERVICABLE DUE TO MANY YEARS OF NON OPERATING OF THE ACCOUNT BY MY FATHER.
FOR THE FACT THAT I DONT WANT MY UNCLES TO BE AWARE OF THE MONEY SO THAT THEY WILL NOT TAKE IT FROM US.I AM REQUESTING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THE BANK WILL TRANSFER THE MONEY FOR SAFETY AND INVESTMENT WHEN I COME TO MEET YOU.
ALSO,BECAUSE OF MY AGE,I CAN NOT HAVE SUCH AMOUNT IN MY ACCOUNT AND PRESENTLY I DON,T HAVE ANY ACCOUNT.SO,I NEED AN ASSISTANCE FROM YOU TO PROVIDE THE BANK ACCOUNT TO RECEIVE THE MONEY. THE MONEY IS BIG AND I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY INTO HIS ACCOUNT AND HELP ME TO MAKE INVESTMENT.
I NEED ALSO YOUR GUARRANTTEE THAT YOU WILL BE TRUSTED,HONEST,SINCERE AND KEEP THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AT YOUR SIDE.
I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT REPLY.
JOHN HUFFMAN.---
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