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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: "Ben"<contactbenobi14@excite.com>
Reply-To: contactbenobi@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:34:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Gerard


Hello,I am Barr Ben Obi Esq., the personal attorney to Mrs. Marie Gerard,herein referred to as my client,who used to work with Conoil Plc.My client and his entire family were involved in a plane crash on while flying to New York.I am particularly interested in securing the funds lodged with Finance Firm,The sum of USD16.8M Dollars.This is because the said Bank has issued a notice to me, unequivocally instructing me to produce the Next of kin/Beneficiary to the said account within the next (10) ten official working days,or have the account confiscated. Considering my lack of success in my bid to locate his relatives for over two years,I solicit your consent to enable me produce you as the Next of Kin to the deceased,since you both bear the same last name.The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and shared according to a proposed sharing pattern/ratio of 60:40.I will provide the necessary,legally obtained documents to back up any claim we make regarding
this process.Best regards,Ben Obi ESQ.

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