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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 pounds" (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: "elvis_spence028 Gazeta.pl" <elvis_spence028@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:56:35 -0700
Subject: I BELIEVE YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN


*From Elvis Spence,
Prime Bank Of UK,
7 Bwth Place
Ec2a 3dr London UK.*


*Hello friend,
My name is Elvis Spence Jp, I need your Assistance to transfer to overseas
(£10,000.000.00) Ten million Pounds) from a Prime Bank of UK.*

*During the course of our annual auditing which event took place in the
beginning of this year, I discovered floating funds in a domiciliary account
opened in the Institution in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this
account, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the owner of the account who is a foreigner had died without any traceable
next of kin hence the account has been made dormant in line with the banking
rules.*

*I am soliciting your assistance by way of presenting you as the rightful
next of kin as I have concluded an arrangement which so far has been
extracted from my lawyer friend's advise on the way best to handle this
transaction and remit this money out urgently. Failure to do this, would
result to funds being re-channeled into the bank's reserve.*

*I suggest we start the first transaction with five million Pounds
[£5,000.000] and upon the successful completion without hitches or
disappointment from either ways; we shall re-apply for the remittance
process of the balance of the funds to any other of your nominated account.*

*I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved for a local account here and I am not supposed to be in possession
of such amount of Pounds, the fund can only be approved to any foreigner or
into a foreign account and it is at the very important juncture that I deem
your honest assistance very important to work with you.*

*On the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total
amount,70% will be for me while 10% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of this transaction.*

*Should this meet your interest, do get back to me with you contact details
so that I will have you briefed more about this transaction.*


*Best regards
Elvis Spence,
7 Bwth Place
Ec2a 3dr London UK.*

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