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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • westanthony_200@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?west=20anthony?= <westanthony_200@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: westanthony_200@walla.com
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:30:41 +0530 (IST)
Subject: West Anthony


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: westanthony_200@yahoo.co.in

FROM THE DESK OF

BARRISTER WEST ANTHONY

CHAMBERS:




Dear Sir/Madam,



My name is Barrister West Anthony,A legal solicitor to the Late

Mrs,Stella Obasanjo the wife of the present Nigerian President Olusegun

Obasanjo. Mrs, Stella Obasanjo just died on the early hours of Sunday 23rd

October 2005 in a hospital in Spain where she went for a surgical

operation.



Before the death of Late Mrs,Stella Obasanjo she placed the sum of

Twenty Eight Million,Six Hundred United States Dollars (U.S.$28,600,000) in

a security Financial institution in Nigeria.



The Financial Institution does not know of the content of the boxes in

their vault, I happened to know of the content of these boxes because I

am the personal laywer handling all the late president wife financial

matters/property.



The documents of these funds are on my position so I seek assistance to

get the funds out.Her family does not know of these funds including the

president.

I here by seek a trust worthy person who is ready and competent enough

to assist complete this transaction as soon as possible and you will be

entitled to 30% from the total sum for your immediate assistance and

note that 10% of the fund will be for miscellenouse expense incurred by

you or me for the cost of the transaction.



Please respond back with your full contact information if you are

willing to assist me on this transaction.


View web site bellow for obituary of late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html



Regards,

Barrister West Anthony,



- west anthony

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