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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2214409966 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ericdiop@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eric Diop" <ericdiop@katamail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:14:09 +0200
Subject: Please Reply Asap


TEL:+221 4409966
Email:ericdiop@katamail.com

Compliments.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to an
oversea account($16,700.000.00 USD) Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars)from one of the banks located in Europe.

I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even
an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end of this important business,I am trusting in you
and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in
future.

I am Mr Eric Diop a personal assistant to late Andreas Schranner. During the
course of his bank's last week auditing,it was discovered that since his
death no one has come forward to lay claim to this funds.So the bank issued
me a memo to provide his next of kin or forfeit the funds.

This account was opened with the bank in 1999 and since 2000 nobody has
operated on this account again, after going through some old files in my
records,I discovered that my late client died without a [Heir/WILL] hence
the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account Mr. Andreas Schranner a German property magnate
who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of AF4590 German Concorde
which crashed on July 25th 2000,including his family leaving nobody as next
of kin.

No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that the account is a secret account.

The total amount involved is Sixteen million Seven Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only [$16,700.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into
a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner, I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a
local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the account,
which I shall give to you upon your positive response.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take urgently.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount,65% will be for us, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your
earliest reply.

PLEASE,TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.You can reach me directly on my
telephone number for more clarification +2214409966.

Best Regards,
Eric Diop,
Email:ericdiop@katamail.com

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