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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • martphill_01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Philip Martins" <phill_martins02@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:05:38 +0000
Subject: ENDEVOUR TO USE IT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGE.

PHILL CHAMBERS
SOLICITOR OF LAW
20 KOFO ABAYO WAY
IKOYI SOUT WEST
LAGOS.

Attention,

Your name and your e-mail address came up by our law firm,Barr.Philip
Martins Law Chambers in Lagos, Nigeria. My name is Martins Phillip. A
personal attorney to our late client
Mr.Mark Harrison who use to worked for an oil firm in Nigeria.

Mr Mark Harrison a well known Philanthropist,before he died, he made a
(WILL) stating that $10.4M (Ten million four hundred thousand U.S.dollars
only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas or
natural disaster places and the motherless homes. We have made a random draw
and your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiatry to this
(WILL).

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because
they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this
(WILL) within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government
treasury as per law here. It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our
late client.

You are required to contact me immediately on my private
Email:(martphill_01@yahoo.com) to start the process of sending this money to
any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me
immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a
date
limit.

Regards.
Philip Martins Esq,
Principal Partner.

Anti-fraud resources:

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