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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:
  • "you will be given 30%" (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: "MICHAEL"<michaelike5@myway.com>
Reply-To: michaelike2p@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:49:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: PROPOSAL










Hello Dear, I am Mr. Michael Ike, the Chief auditor of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK African Plc. (ADB) Your contact was a recommendation from my ex-secretary who is from your country but currently working here. She prefers that her name remains confidential for now. There is an account opened in our bank in 1994, and since 2004 up till date, nobody operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will forfeit for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Johnson B.Charles, an engineer, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co. a geologist by profession and he died since 1998. No other person knows about this account or anything, concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this Company does not know anything about this account and the amount 30m USD (thirty Million united state dollars) I have confidently discussed this issue with some of th!
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bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We therefore propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin and the beneficially of these funds from the deceased and this funds will been approved and released to you after necessary processes have been followed. This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. At conclusion of this business we agree that you will be given 30% of the total amount 65% will be for us, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur during the process on your interest, let me hear from you.Best regardsMr. Michael Ike



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