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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "kate norman" <normankate@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: kate.norman@rocketmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:09:48 +0100
Subject: Pls read me


Hello Dear,

I know that this email may come as suprise to you but i am sorry if you
consider it as an incoveniency but i have sent this email to you to seek for
your personal assiatnce due to the problems and uneasiness that i am facing
prese'ntly in this country where i seek asylum..I am Kate Norman,26years
old,single,decent,educated,a 163cm in height and with no children.

My late father was LATE MR SAM HINGA NORMAN,which was the Ex-Defense
Minister in our country SierreLeone,my late father was a figure and a
fighter against the Rebel group then in Sierraleone called RUF
(Revolutionary United Front).It was a Rebel Movement led then by late Foday
Sankoh.

My Late father was a Pro-Government Militia leader and he was charged to
court by the UN for War Crimes,my late father had been kept in prison for
more than three years in the in Sierraleone and later developed Heart
problem which led to his death,you can visit this site for more
understanding http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6387673.stm

My father instructed me when he realised that the Government of Sierraleone
wanted to arrest him and got him indicted through the WORLD SUPREME COURT in
Sieraleone that charged him for humanright violations.

I have purposely travelled to Senegal due to the fact that my father made a
deposit of $12.5m with a Security company and my father made available with
me all the deposit documents which shows that i am the next of kin to the
deposit which would make claims of the this deposit but due to the reason
that i am seeking asylum in Senegal,i have encountered many problems in
getting the released to me and that is why i have contacted you for joint
assistance by having the deposit and i promise that i will compensate you
with 20% out of the total as soon as this deposit is safely released from
the security company.

Please let me know about your intentions to assist me and i will avail to
you all the necessary information as soon as i hear from you.

Thank you as i wait to hear from you in earnest.

Yours,

Kate Norman.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam