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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:
  • "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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barr_mohmondu_online@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mohmondu dantatar" <barr_mohmondu_dantatar3@msn.com>
Reply-To: barr_mohmondu_online@excite.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:17:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE!!!

ATTN: SIR/MADAM
FROM:BARRISTER MOHMONDU DANTATAR.(SAN) NORTHERN CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
NIGERIA.

EMAIL:barr_mohmondu_online@excite.com

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. GRACE, PEACE AND LOVE FROM THIS PART OF THE
ATLANTIC TO YOU. I HOPE MY LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH EMBARRASSMENT
AS I WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH.PLEASE EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE
LIFE.
I AM BARRISTER MOHMONDU DANTATAR (SAN), I REPRESENT MOHAMMED ABACHA, SON OF
THE LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA, WHO WAS THE FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN
NIGERIA.HE DIED IN 1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LOOSING A LOT
OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH
THE FAMILY.CONSEQUENTLY,THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN
PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE OUTTHE TOTAL SUM OF US$75,000,000.00
(SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS), PRESENTLY IN THEIR POSSESSION.

THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY THE LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT
SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY, THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE
ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SOON
FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME.

THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY HAS MADE IT
NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN
INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE
TRANSACTION AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER.SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH,
EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE,
PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON WHEN TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF THIS
COUNTRIES EUROPE, LONDON, CANADA PENDING ON OUR AGREEMENT.

I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF
THIS TRANSACTION.THE TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD BE HANDLED IN PHASES AND
THE FIRST PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE MOVING OF US$25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A
REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTION IS
CONCLUDED.I WILL,HOWEVER,BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK
WITH US AND ALSO ALL CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THIS TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO
WORK. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS
TO HOW WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, DO NOT
ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS, AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE
YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION.PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION
REQUIRES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS
SUCHUNTIL THE FUNDS ARE MOVED OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO WHERE YOU INTEND TO
RECEIVE THEM.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO ME THE FOLLOWING DETAILS:
YOUR COMPLETE NAMES AND ADDRRESS,CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS,
THIS IS TO ENABLE ME PERFECT ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION WITH THE
SECURITY FIRM AND MOVE THIS MONEY ACROSS TO YOUR COUNTRY OF CHOICE.

PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT OUR TRUST IN YOU BY NOT
EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION,EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

TRULY YOURS,

BARRISTER MOHMONDU DANTATAR.(SAN).
NB: PLEASE DO COPY THIS SITE ON YOUR BROWSER AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND BETTER
WHAT I AM TALKING
ABOUT.http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/sources/tiersmonde/dirigeants__abacha.htm
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200203180074.html>
<http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html>

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