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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: "Mr. Edward" <posting1_14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <contactowusu@katamail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:12:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Good morning



Good Day,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, Am the present branch Manager of a bank here in Ghana. I discovered an account with total sum of $12,500,000 million that has not been operated on for the past 4 years.

From my investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. ANDREAS SCHRANNER a German great industrialist and a resident of Munich, who unfortunately lost his life along with his entire famillies in the plane crash of CONCORDE AIRLINE [Flight AF4590 ] which crashed on 25TH JULY, 2000. You shall read more news about the crash by visiting this site, which I got during my investigation;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The account is an escrow fixed deposit account and I cannot directly take out this money without the help of a foreigner, I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall give you.

I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage. My phone numbers is +233 249790714.

Regards,

Edward.
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