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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:
  • "million 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 email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Mike" <usmanmike2000@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: securitycompanyshipment@krovatka.su
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:13:50 +0200
Subject: For your kind attention:


For your kind attention:

Could you please consider to help me to relocate this sum of Ten
million,five hundred thousand dollars(US$.10.5 million) To your country for
establishing a medium size industry in your country.

They said 10.5 million dollars was deposited in our Security Company by
Mr.Andreas Schranner,a German citizen who work with us and died in a plane
crash in Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK. We have tried to contact
any of his immediate family to come forward for claims but could not
succeed.

We discovered that late German died along side with his wife and children
who supposed to be his next of kin.Click here(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) I will give
you all vital information concerning the German and the 10.5 million
dollars in our custody so that you will contact our company for them release
the money to you as next of kin.

You can come here in person or you can also request the company to ship the
funds to you in your country diplomatically or transfer. I am a Manager in
this company, i will play a role to make sure that the 10.5 million dollars
is released to you. As soon as i received your
reply,i will give you a draft application which you forward to our company
for the process of the fund.

Reply and let me know your full name,age,address,occupation,your telephone
and fax number if available.

Please get back to me through this e-mail address.
(securitycompanyshipment@krovatka.su)

I await your urgently reply

Dr.Usman Mike

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