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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • rogersdudley@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR ROGER KUDU <mrrogerkudu@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:20:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: very urgent


ATTN: CHAIRMAN/C.E O,
(PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL)

I am Mr Rogers Kudu a staff of INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (I C B) In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$24.3M) Twenty Four Million, Three hundred thousand United States Dollars only, in an account that belongs to Our Customer who died along with his family in 26th December 2003 in a plane crash during their christmas holiday. Click bellow to view the plane crash chaotic scene.

http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html

Since we got information about his death,the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come over for the claims because we cannot release it unless somebody applies as a next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines Unfortunately we discover that he did not mention any beneficiary to his account before his sudden death.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to contact you, and you having the same last name with him, it makes it easier for the money to be released to you as the next of kin or relation to the decease since nobody is fronting for the money and i do not want this funds to
go into disbursement account as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after four(4) years the money will be transferred into the government account as unclaimed fund.We shall negotiate on the percentage split of the funds as we proceed.

Therefore to enable immediate release of the inheritance to you as arranged, you should contact me immediately via email for further directives on how to go about actualizing the claim in your name. email me at; rogersdudley@yahoo.co.uk

anticipating your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Rogers Kudu.

N/B: I know that this email will come to you as a surprise, considering the fact that it is unsolicited. I quite understand your concern over this matter considering the happenings all over the world, I want to assure you that this is a 100% legitimate and risk free transaction.




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