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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: rodrigo de rato <rato_111@msn.com>
Reply-To: <limfoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:01:18 +0000
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION




OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attn: Beneficiarry



Your Long overdue Payment.



I saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
contractors, inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated
from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the list of
individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the a safe
Bank here in London.



Your email appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a part-payment
of your contractual sum and has been approved already for months. You are
requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive
your fund. However, we received an email from one Mr. Virgle Lee Samples who
told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last
week. He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him
including his International passport, we want to
hear from you before we can
make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not. Please in confirmation that
you are still alive, you are advised to reconfirm the below listed information
to enable us facilitate an immediate payment for you.



1 Your full names
2 Your present contact address.
3 Your telephone
& Fax numbers.
4 Your Occupations/age/sex.
5 Your Private Email
Address.
6 Home Equity (Yes or No)



Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund)
for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in the system
had been long overdue.



Yours Sincerely
Mr.Rodrigo De Rato.

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