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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:
  • "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)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: EDWARD LAMPTEY <edwardlamptey14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <edwardolamptey@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:40:37 -0400
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED .........





DEAREST,

MY NAME IS MR.EDWARD LAMPTEY

I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK(PAUL PHILLIP,AN AMERICA) WHO PERISHED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN OCTOBER 1999.

SIR/MADAM, SINCE THE DEMISE OF PAUL PHILLIP, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD12.5M,[TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]HAS BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.

ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN, AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS, BECAUSE AFTER SEVEN YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE
BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME/COMPANY COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A GHANAIAN CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.

I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING THIS FUNDS AND THE REST WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUE THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY
FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.

UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER.

PLEASE SEND ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:

1, FULL NAME

2, ADDRESSES

3, PHONE NUMBER

4, OCCUPATION

5 DATES OF BIRTH



HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

REGARDS,
MR.EDWARD LAMPTEY


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