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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: egobiacharles@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:12:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FOREIGN PARTNER WANTED/////////////


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:egobiac@yahoo.com.ve

FOREIGN PARTNER WANTED/////////////

- It is my pleasure to seek for your assistance,this proposal is real and I want you to consider it very important. This is an opportunity I cannot afford to loose in life. I am Dr.Charles Egobia,Director In charge of Auditing section of International Commercial Bank Ghana, and also an Account Officer to Al Gupta Kassim, a Lebanese.He was a Seasoned Contractor with Ghana Cement Company in Ghana Republic, who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight Boeing 727 in Benin Republic in December 25, 2003 Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Al Gupta Kassim, has a fixed deposit account with our Bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank to government.Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 7 weeks now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$32million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money in the ratio of 70%:30%.Should my proposal apeal to you,and upon the receipt of your reply, I can obtain and manipulate all vital document neccessary for a sucessful transfer of the fund into your bank account.I will also send you a detailed information about the transaction.I sincerely request your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of law, If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email the following Information to me.a). YOUR PRIVATE TEL/FAX NUMBER b). CONTACT ADDRESS.Let trust and honesty be our watchward.Waiting for your urgent response.Yours truly.Dr.Charles Egobia

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