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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.
• 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.
  • karimse_gun@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "segunkarim01@terra.es" <segunkarim01@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:15:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hi Dearest


Dear Sir,

I am Mr. karim segun, currently an auditor and senior staff of Union bank plc.

I write to request for your co-operation with me in order to redeem an investment deposit of $16m made by one Mr. ANASTACIA GUNN, an Australian in 2001 which has now matured for disbursement since July 2006, but has remained unclaimed till date as a reliable information confirmed
that Mr.gunn died in a fatal car crash in February 2006.

However, our bank has taken an extensive global attempt to locate and notify his next of kin who coincidentally bears the same last name with you.

We have confirmed through three independent search agencies that there are no direct living relatives of the deceased in whose favor this money can be paid.

Now being that our bank may be forced to seized the money by augustthis year if unclaimed, myself and two other staff in the accounts and records departments of our bank respectively decided to claim this money with you and share it instead of forfeiting it to our bank since we have access to the late Mr. ANASTACIA GUNN s, file and the required coded information.

This fund will be released to you immediately as we have put every machinery on ground to ensure a perfect conclusion, as there will be no riskinvolved.

We have agreed to give you $5m for your participation.

Please do acknowledge receipt of this letter and your interest through my email ddress:karimse_gun@yahoo.com for confidentiality of this deal. Please include your telephone /fax numbers as you reply me urgently.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. karim segun





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