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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • frankhusman@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank husman <frank.hus20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frankhusman@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:24:05 +0000
Subject: TRANSACTION!!!!



I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc ,My names are Frank Husman, a Banker,and the personal Account Manager to (Engineer.Peter Paul) who was an expertrate contractor with Oil servicing Firm here in Nigeria . Here in after shall be referred to as my client,my client passed on as a result of a heart attack. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace you over the Internet hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the Union Bank Plc . Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($10.5 Million US Dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that this account valued at ($ 10.5 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you. The sharing modality is still open and negociatable.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you, from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email [frankhusman@yahoo.co.uk] for more details regarding to this transaction. Yours Faithfully,Mr. Frank Husman.
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