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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Teddy Martins" <teddymartinsimf@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:07:14 GMT
Subject: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT


Attn,
=20
Good day, Your Long overdue Payment.
=20
On continual Research your name was appeared (in the Central Computer =
among the list of unpaid Contractors, inheritance next of kin and lottry =
beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle =
east, Americans ) among the list of individuals and companies that your =
unpaid fund has been located to the Standard Chartered Bank,HSBC,Barclays =
Bank, Natwest Bank,Central Bank of Nigeria and any Bank in Africa.Your =
name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of =
=245.7 million and has been approved already for months.
=20
You are requested to get back to us for more direction and instruction
on how to receive your fund.However, we received an email from one Mr.
Robert Water who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died
in a car accident last week.
=20
Dr Robert Water account co-ordinate as follows:
BANK OF AMERICA (B.O.A)
A/c no:890458984589
Routing No:bl 275-79665
Aba no:BO-ANAAMFG-FL
Ben:Dr Robert Water
=20
He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him.
We want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if
you are dead or not. Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of =
IMF(InternationalMonetaryFund)http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.
Htm failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the =
system had been long overdue. pls Reply through system opperartor
Mr.Teddymartins: teddymartinsimf=40yahoo.es
=20
Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Teddy Martins
On Behalf Of
Mr Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo
Managing Director, IMF=20
E-mail: teddymartinsimf=40yahoo.es =20

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