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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
• 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.
  • @yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Andreas Diko <andreas.diko1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:05:34 +0200
Subject: I need your reply in this Business.

Good day to you.

 

I am Mr Andreas Diko the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting section of Bank of Africa Benin in West Africa,and also a special account officer of Mr. Christian Eich,  German National, who ran carmaker BMW's museum , who unfortunately died in the plane crash,with his wife and two children and his wife's parents. The AF4590 plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.

You can read more about the crash on visiting this site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
 
Before his death on the 31th July 2000, Mr. Christian Eich, has a fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to  contact you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.

 

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives  for over 10 months now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.8 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 80% to me and 20% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. All documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

 

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information to me:

 

a.Complete names
b.Private telephone number
c.Private fax number
d.Private email

 

Until you write,have a nice day and God bless. You can contacts on andreas.diko@yahoo.com  

 

Sincerely,
Mr Andreas Diko.

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