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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 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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • roselineeze11@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ROSELINE EZE <roselineeze11@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:31:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Roseline Eze


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: roselineeze11@yahoo.com

>From Roseline Eze

Union Bank Plc

35 Marina Lagos.

Lagos State.



Dear Sir/Madam,



I am Dr Roseline Eze,senior branch Manager of Union Bank Plc, Nigeria.I am contacting you to assist in the claim of some outstanding sum of money which was left by one of my very good clients who died in a AF4590 plane crash on his way to america after he left nigeria to see his family in germany.



This client Christian Eich was an engineer with one of the foremost construction firms here in Nigeria Dantata Sawoe at Abuja. He left no known next of kin and all our attempts to trace someone related to him to whom we could pay the money have met a dead end and I have now personally decided to contact you to stand on behalf of the family so I can present you as his next of kin using my influence as a senior Manager of this bank We shall engage a Law firm to process and notarize all the necessary documents and letter of Probate administration in your favour in order for the transfer to take place, a bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next-of-kin. This way the money can be paid to your account 30% will be for you while 70% will be for me.



There is no risk in this project at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as a chief executive officer guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.contact me immediately if you are interested so that the claim can take place immediately. The amount involved is USD15million (Fifteen million United States Dollars) which is the account balance.



You can view the website for more details on the death of the man



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



I look forward to hearing from you asap.

Yours faithfully

Dr. Roseline Eze.

- ROSELINE EZE

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