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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: tonymorris@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:32:34 +0200
Subject: Business Bank Account provision.


Hello Good Day,

My name is Mr. John Michael. I am the bank manager with
International Commercial Bank (ICB) GHANA BRANCH HERE IN MIDWEST AFRICA.
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that you will
keep this as top secret. don\'t be scared or surprised. I am the manager
in International Commercial Bank and I have an opportunity to transfer
sum of US$10,500,000.00(TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS) I
have the courage to look for a reliable and Honest Person who will be
capable for this important business transaction believing that you will
never let me down either now or in Future.

The owner of this account is
MR. CHRISTIAN ADAMS, Deputy director German Wine Institute and director
of its export department, 37, Biebelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany He
died in world trade center as a victim of the September 11/2001 Incident
that befall the United State of America with the United Flight 93 -
Pennsylvania, airline passenger, the bank has made series efforts to
contact any of the relatives to claim this money but without
success.

And my investigation proved to me as well that his company
does not know anything about this account.I want to transfer this money
into a safe foreign account abroad but I Don\'t know any foreign
PARTNER. This message will come to you as a surprise as we don\'t know
ourselves before, but be sure that it is REAL AND A GENUINE
business.Hope that you will never let me down in this transaction, at
the conclusion of this business, you will be giving 35% of the total
amount, 5% FOR ANY INCURABLE EXPENSES while be 60% will be for me.

I
look forward to your earlier reply by my private email (
j1mich@yahoo.com.ve ) for more details Thanks.

Best Regard,
Mr. John
Michael.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
International Commercial Bank (ICB)
Ghana Branch.


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