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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:
  • "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.
• 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.
  • franklinrobert@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "franklin roberts" <robertsfranklin1@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:05:04 +0100
Subject: FROM MR.FRANKLIN ROBERTS.


FROM MR.FRANKLIN ROBERTS.
DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
ACCRA GHANA
The President/CEO

Dear Sir,

Please,I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you,
My name is Mr.Franklin Roberts,a banker in the capacity of Director of Audit
and Accounts Department of a bank here in Accra Ghana, I wish to know if we
can work together, I would like you to stand as the next of kin to a
deceased customer of our bank who made some deposits to the tune of
US$35.7million dollars. He died in the December 25th Benin plane crash
alongside his family (including his Next of Kin) all enquiries made through
his embassy to locate his extended family relations prove abortive, hence
there is no one to show up as his next of kin, and as such the fund now have
an open beneficiary mandate.

Here is the aircrash website:

( http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html)

Now I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name with him so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $35.7 Million Dollars would transfered into your account
without implications. If you accept to carry out this project with us, you
are entitled to 30% of the total sum, while I and my colleagues involved
will take 70% of the total sum. Upon your acceptance to do this deal with
us, we will jointly effect the transfer within eight working days, as we
have perfected all arrangements for the smooth transfer of the fund to your
norminated bank account. We took this step because if the fund remains
unclaim untill the next quarter, it will be returned to the government
treasury in accordance with the law and we are of no benefit if this
happens, hence we decided to contact you to do this together. If you are
interested,do let me know through my mail Box (franklinrobert@sify.com) so
that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do. I urgently
hope to get your favourable response as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mr.Franklin Roberts

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