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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Dillip Samson" <mr.dillip4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dillipsamson@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:53:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Private & Confidential


Name:Mr.Dillip Samson
Auditing And Accounting Unit Dept
Centrale Bank Du Senegal.
West Africa

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr.Dillip Samson,The manager Auditing And Accounting Unit Dept of Centrale Bank Du Senegal.{CBS}.I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you.An American Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold Corporation,Mr William Bryant made a numbered time fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Dollars) in my branch.

Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that Mr William Bryant died in a plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261(for more information about this crash you can contact this websitehttp://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.
airlines.list/

Since we got his information about his death. on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a will, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.William Bryant did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of (US$20,000,000.00) is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to laws of republic Du Senegal, at the expiration of ten years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Senegalaise Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.William Bryant so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the will and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you.then 5%will be map out for any expenses that may occure during transactions.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager Auditing And Accounting Unit Department qarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply to me immediately on my private telephone number or email address above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent respond.

Best Regard
Mr.Dillip Samson.



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