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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: "Mr. Frank Alfred" <mrfra_alfred@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mralfredfrank56@yahoo.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:31:11 +0000
Subject: Good Day Friend



Dear Friend,

SUBJECT: TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN.

I am Mr. Frank Alfred a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to MY CLIENT, a national of your country, who used to work with an Oil Development Company in LONDON. On the 7th of July 2005, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a bomb blast accident in the city of London UK. Since I help in most of his transactions, his bank officials know me very well and have requested I notify any of his relatives and this has proved abortive and unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his company over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in recovering the family treasure that was left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this consignment was deposited as family treasure. The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within 2 months from the day of the blast.

I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the ability and business with my clients. Until I receive the receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.

You up and have concluded this arrangement before contacting you. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this claiming of this family treasure through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me with your Full Name/Contact Address and your Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers to enable me submitt official application for claim to the company.

Sincerely,Mr. Frank Alfred
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