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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drpeterfrank1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?q?Dr.=20Peter=20Frank?=" <fdr.peter@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: drpeterfrank1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:56:59 +0530 (IST)
Subject: URGENT ...........REPLY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: fdr.peter@yahoo.in



- I know this Mail might have come as a surprise and Embarrassment to you, please take it with Good Faith and Blessing to you and you're Family. I am Dr. Pet er Frank an advocate and Solicitor. I am the personal Attorney to Engr John Smith, a foreigner, who used to work with shell Development Company in Accra-Ghana. On The 21st of April 2004, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Eco was Express Road . All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to his embassy to see if I can locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has all the while proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives (i.e. same surname) over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $7.3 million dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for years, now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are still a foreigner, I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me. Thereafter, I will vis it your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated, and if the 40% is not okay by you kindly let me know, I will like you to call me or indicate your number. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email drpeterfrank1@yahoo.co.uk to enable us discuss further. Best regards, Dr. Peter Frank , 87 Osu Street Papa, Accra-Ghana drpeterfrank1@yahoo.co.uk Tel: +233 241101653

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