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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: "peter frank" <peter_frank80@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peter_frank2231@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:47:40 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME FAST

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

RE: TRANSFER OF ($42,000.000.00 USD).
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 the Auditor General of one of the Prime Banks here in Nigeria.I 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 Mnobody
know anything about is account. The total amount involvedis $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 incure during the transfer
process.

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

Your's sincerely,
MR.peter frank

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