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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 - that's what the scam is about)
  • "huge amount of money" (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 united states 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)
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "bello momoh" <bmomohng@msn.com>
Reply-To: bellomomohng@myway.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:21:36 +0000
Subject: HELLO.

Dear
I am Bello Momoh, it is true that we have never meet each other before and I
believe that this name sounds strange to you, do not see this letter as a
junk or one of the Internet scam mails because everything I am going to tell
you here has prove and evidence and we believe that only time will vindicate
the just. I don’t know how familiar you are with the recent events that
befall the president of Nigeria Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo.

I am personal financial secretary to late first lady of federal republic of
Nigeria late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo who died in Spanish hospital on early hour
of 22nd of Oct 2005, Please to read more about the un-sudden death of late
Mrs. Stella, please visit: www.thisdayonline.com or www.vanguardngr.com

I am writing this letter in confidence that we should have a mutual
understanding on this news I am going to pass across to you,On several
occasion I traveled out side the country with the late first lady, we
normally move a huge amount of money of the country through her plomatic
immunity coverage as the first lady, our luggage’s are not been search by
any law enforcement agency at the airport, our last trip to Spain on 21st
Oct, 2005, we travel with a sum of $15million united states dollars which
she intended to invest in Spain because we
normally travel to Spain for her body surgery.

Right now, I am writing you, I am in position of this fund and only me knows
everything about this fund and it’s arrangement, our arrangement is that the
luggage contained the mention money will be deposited to a security company
in Spain and after her medication, that is on Tuesday, she will make
arrangement to meet some people for the investment purposes, I took the
consignment to the security company and deposit it with my name and on
Sunday morning, the doctor called me and said that she is dead, I can’t
believe it, I have to call the president and pass the information to him.

Now, nobody knows anything about this money, and I want to now present you
as the beneficiary of the consignment so that we will meet in Spain, as I do
not want anybody to have a trace on this consignment, I have the deposit
certificate and shipment airway bill of the onsignment with me now, Please,
I consider this as an opportunity for
me to make my fortune but this is not something I will do alone to avoid
suspicious since the management of the company knows nothing about it,Please
I am in Nigeria now, if you are interested to assist me, kindly send to me
now your private phone number and address so that I will call you for
further discussion, This is highly confidential. I believe you will not
expose this information to anybody.


Mr. Bello Momoh

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