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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 us 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)
  • "million british pounds" (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: "doriceandersen" <doriceandersen@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:15:54 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir


Dear Sir,

I am a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing
following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of
imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
£29.5million British Pounds Sterling (Twenty Nine
million five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an
accountthat belongs to one of our foreign customers
Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately
lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including
his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about
the crash on visiting this

site.www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives
to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.I
personally has been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $29.5Million US dollars can be paid to you.
This will be disbursed or shared in these
percentages,50% to me and 50% to you.

I will secure all necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make. All I
require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality
and Trust to enable us see this transaction through.I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following:

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and
appreciated.

Best regards,

Mrs.Madalin Chake.

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