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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis Bent" <dbentt2net@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:05:04 -0500
Subject: Re: Urgent response needed.



Mr.Dennis Bent
Clydesdale Bank
Glasgow-Scotland
United Kingdom


I am Mr.Dennis Bent. head of Auditing, Clydesdale Bank Scotland.On Wednesday
19 April,2000 one Mr. Andreas Schranne,German National, a property
magnate,whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered time
(Fixed)Deposit,valued at £6,550,000.00 (Six Million,Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds ) for twelve calender months in my Bank Branch.Upon
Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got
no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that
Mr.Andreas Schranne,his wife and only daughter was aboard the AF4590
plane,which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.You can read
more about the crash on visiting this site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My investigation, proved that he died with his supposed next of kin the
daughter Mrs.Andrea Eich, in the crash.The total sum,£6,550,000.00 is still
in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim
it.Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the
late Mr.Andreas Schranne.Consequently,Upon acceptance of this proposal,I
will give you a detailed information on how this deal would be carried
out.The money will be shared in the ratio: sixty five percent(65%) for
me,thirty five
percent(35%) for you.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the
Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.On your
reply include your

(1)Private telephone/fax number.

(2)Your full name.

3)Your private email address.

Awaiting your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Mr.Dennis Bent

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