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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:
  • "trunk box" (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 email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Helen Bright <helenbright65@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: helen_bright2008@sify.com
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 05:43:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Confidential


Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Ms.Helen Bright the only daughter of late Mr. John Bright who work as a site engineer with the Nigeria Manning corporation (NMC) who died on the 6th April 2007.

The Nigeria government paid me the sum of $10.5m USD as compensation to my late father's death insurance cover; the money was paid to me as his Next of Kin.

I have moved this money to a finance company for safe keeping because my Late father's brothers want to kill me because they want to have all this money for them self.

I deposited this money with the security and finance company in one trunk box, though the security company does not know the real contents of the box as I tagged them to be photographic materials for export.

My reason for contacting you is that I need your help to move out this money, which I have deposited with the finance company to your country because my life is in danger.

If you agree to help me, I will send to you the certificate of deposit and the finance company contact Address so that you can contact them and arrange the possible means of sending the trunk to you for safekeeping.

If only you can assist me, I will give you 20% of the total sum.

As soon as you agree to help me, I will arrange urgently to run away from my country, as my life is not safe any more.

I wait for your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,
Ms.Helen Bright


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