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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348060054650 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mb_success@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. GANDI MILFORD" <gandimilford100@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:29:42 +0100 (BST)
Subject: What Is The Situation?


Dear Mr. VICTIM-FULLNAME,

How are you today, did you receive my last mail i sent to you? what is happening because i have not heard anything from you, this transaction is 100% risk free and you will receive your $7.5M in your bank account in three days, i have also contracted the attorney who is going to help us to procure the legal documents in your name and favor, this documents will be submitted to the bank for immediate transfer of your $7.5M by swift, so what you have to do now is to contact the attorney immediately because i have intimated him about your situation and he has assured that he will represent you legaly in the bank and anywhere untill you have received your total funds. This the attorney's contact, please go ahead and speak with him now and get back to me:

1). Email: mb_success@yahoo.com

2). Telephone Number: +234 8060054650

3). His Name: MICHAEL BROWN (S.A.N)

Please feel very free to speak with him, he is a very nice man. Good luck and God bless.

Best Regards,

Gandi Milford.


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