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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • drusmanahmed@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "drusmanahmed" <drusmanahmed@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 07:50:37 -0600
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU?


DR.USMAN AHMED
DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,COMMERCIAL BANKING
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PlC.
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: (drusmanahmed@mail.ru)

(Private and Confidential)

DEAR ,

RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.FIRSTLY,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING
UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT
A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE
APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT
ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED
TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY
OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED
OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY.MY NAME IS DR.USMAN
AHMED, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,(Commercial
Banking),UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. I AM WRITTING IN
RESPECT OF A FOREIGNER, A MEXICAN NATIONALE,LATE
ENGINEER CARLOS MONTOYA, AN OIL MERCHANT/ CONTRACTOR
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA UNTIL HIS
UNTIMELY DEATH FIVE YEARS AGO AS A RESULT OF TERRORIST
ATTACK ON AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11,FROM BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS,TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WHICH CRASHED
INTO THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE KILLING
ALL 92 PEOPLE ON BOARD.YOU CAN VISIT BELOW WEBSITE FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA11.victims.html
BEFORE HE DIED,HE HAD A ONE-YEAR FIXED DEPOSIT OF
US$30.5M IN A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN OUR BANK.THIS
MONEY HAS SINCE MATURED,BUT NO NEXT-OF-KIN HAS SHOWED
UP FOR CLAIM.SEQUEL TO THIS, REPEATED EFFORTS WERE
MADE BY UNION BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE
CARLOS MONTOYA'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES TO LAY CLAIM TO THIS
FUND BUT ALLTO NO AVAIL. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLETO LOCATE ANY OF
THE LATE ENGR.CARLOS MONTOYA NEXT-OF-KIN (HE HAD NO
WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DECIDED THAT ARRANGEMENTS
WILL BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLARED "UNCLAIMABLE"
AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE REVARTED TO THE COUFFERS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA WHICH AT THE END OF THE
DAY WILL BE EMBEZZLED BY TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR
THEIR OWN SELFISH AGGRANDIZEMENT TO THE DETRIMENT OF
THE POOR MASSES.IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE AND
NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED
COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU
STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. MR.CARLOS
MONTOYA, SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M WOULD BE RELEASED
AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S
NEXT-OF-KIN.ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU
RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND
MORE SO AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU
OF 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT.
IT WAS AGREED THAT 40% WILL BE YOUR SHARE AS A FOREIGN
PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10%
WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE
INCURED IN THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.THE REST
WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.WE INTEND TO USE OUR
OWN SHARE OF THE FUND TO IMPORT AGRICULTURAL
MACHINERIES INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE
AS A WAY OF RECYCLING THE FUND. I WILL NOT FAIL TO
BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE
AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE
WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE
TRANSFER. YOU ARE TO PROVIDE US,(1). A SCANNED COPY OF
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE,(2).
COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS ( if any),(3).PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS (PRIVATE),(4). YOUR FULL NAMES AS YOU
WANT IT TO APPEAR IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM OF CLAIM
AND LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SELF,SO THAT I
EQUALLY KNOW YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS
TRANSACTION.PLEASE RESPOND TO ME VERY URGENTLY BY
RETURN MAIL(drusmanahmed@mail.ru)

HAVE A NICE DAY AND GOD
BLESS YOU.
BEST REGARDS,
DR.Usman Ahmed
Union Bank Of Nigeria PlC.

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