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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348025949446 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "John William" <johnwilliamy2k1@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrjohnwilliamy2k1@live.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:41:09 -0700
Subject: My Personal Letter To You READ AND GET BACK


ATENTION


How are you? I hope fine. How is work? I guess all right. Please I got your
email address while browsing through the net and I know you are a very
reputable person because I believe you are.

Please I want you to know that this transaction can only take place if you
agree with your heart to help me out and have no doubts nor get scared.


As you know from the mail, we want to put you in as the next of kin of the
late Engr Kurt Kahle. who is a Contractor here in NIGERIA and he died in a
AF4590 plane crash on his way to America after he left London to Germany for
business untill his death he has an account with our bank with a closing
account of us$10.5m and since his death nobody has come up to claim this
money from our bank.



>From the information's gathered in the late Engr Kurt Kahle's file there is
no trace to anybody who has any blood relationship with the late Engr, this
makes us know that once there is an application from any foreigner applied
to the bank, in respect of this fund, the bank will have no alternative
than to transfer the money to the person.



You can take time and verify from the website as shown herein for
confirmation of the crash,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



For your assistance I have agreed that 30% of the entire sum would be for
you if you agree to take part in this profitable transaction,65% for me
while the remaining 5% would be used to pay back the expenses that may be
incurred during the course of the transaction by both parties after the fund
has been claimed as the next of kin



You should send me the following information:
1. Your full names
2. Your mailing address
3. Your private telephone and fax number



Upon the receipt of the above information I shall send you more details.
I look forward to hearing from you asap


Yours faithfully,
Mr.John L William
DERICT TELE NUMBER +234 80 25949446

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