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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrs_sosnikaya@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nicole Larry" <mrs_sosnikaya@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrs_sosnikaya@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:48:46 +0000
Subject: Your sincere response needed.

mrs_sosnikaya@yahoo.com

Dearest One,
I got your reliable contact from my father's diary and further explicit
investment information about your country.
I am directing this letter of assistance to you. I am Mrs. Ahat Sosnikaya.
the only daughter of Mr Tate Ramsey from Republic of Nigeria, my father
Mr.Tate Ramsey was a Gold and Cocoa merchant here in Nigeria. According to
my father, my own mother died when I was about six years of age which means
that I did not even know my mother very well,And my husband ran away with a
another wife.

The story is that my father Mr. Tate was poisoned to death by his business
associates about some months ago, and he died in a private hospital . But
when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me that
he deposited the sum of Three Million seven hundred thousand United State
Dollars (USD3.7M) in a Bank here in Nigeria in West Africa.

My problem now is that since my father has been poisoned to death by his
business associates, I don’t even trust any other person here again and to
this effect, I do contact you. Right now, I want you to help me in the
following ways, I want you to help me transfer this money from the Bank and
then provide a bank account where this money here(USD3.7M) can be
transferred.

You are going to procure admission for me to continue my studies in one of
the known university in your country, I appreciate if you consider my
condition and help me, and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I
have your response .

Waiting for your immediate response.
You can reach me on my private email address: mrs_sosnikaya@yahoo.com

Mrs. Ahat Sosnikaya.

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