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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "karl udo" <karl62udo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karl1udo@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:33:18 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,
I am Karl U. Newe, a solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney/sole executor to the WILL of late
client'who worked as an independent oil Business
magnate in my country and who died in a car
crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov
2004. Since the death of my client in Nov, 2004,I have
written several letters to the embassy with an intent
to locate any of his extended relatives whom
shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned
Funds and all such efforts have been to no avail.
I decided to contact you so that we can talk and see
how we can both put heads together and achieve this.
Please note that i do understand that base on what is
going on all over the internet world people find it
difficult to assit in issue like this but i assure
you that you will not regret assisting me if you can
garantee me of your trust.
On this note, I wish to present you to the finance
company, as the surviving relative to the decease so
that we can put in claims for payment with your name
as the beneficiary of the fund.
I will apprecaite if you can send me the folowwing,
1.Your Full Names
2.Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers
3.Your age
4.Occupation
5.Your Current address
This will enable me file necessary documents at
our high court probate division for the release of
this sum of money in your favour.
I intend to invest my shares in your country under
your management in any viable business venture.
I will send you more details as soon as I heard from
you.
Yours faithfully
Karl Newe

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