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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • anthony_madu1011@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: anthonymadu11@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:18:09 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=2E?=

INLAND SECURITY AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED.

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O,
URGENT:
RE: TRANSFER OF ($25,000.000.00) USD. TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS. WE WANT TO TRANSFER TO OVERSEAS[$25,000.000.00 USD [TWENTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS] FROM A SECURITY COMPANY,INLAND SECURITY AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, WITH HEAD OFFICE IN LONDON,CANADA,GERMANY AND
BENIN REPUBLIC WEST AFRICA,I WANT TO ASK YOU TO QUITELY LOOK FOR A RELIABLE
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE AND FIT TO PROVIDE EITHER AN EXISTING
BANK ACCOUNT OR TO SET UP A NEW BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY TO RECEIVE THIS
MONEY, EVEN AN EMPTY ACCOUNT CAN SERVE TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY,

AS LONG AS YOU WILL REMAIN HONEST TO ME TILL THE END OF THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TRANSACTION.I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW
OR IN FUTURE. I AM ANTHONY MADU. THE AUDITOR GENERAL, INLAND SECURITY AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED,WITH HEAD OFFICE IN LONDON,CANADA,GERMANY AND
BENIN REPUBLIC. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR AUDITING I DISCOVERED A FLOATING
FUND IN AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THE SECURITY COMPANY IN 2000 AND SINCE 2003
NO BODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD
FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED WITHOUT
A [HEIR] HENCE THE MONEY IS FLOATING AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT
URGENTLY IT WILL BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT WAS ENG.DAVID KORDOOIZADEH, A FOREIGNER, AND AN
INDUSTRIALIST, AND HE DIED SINCE 2001 AND NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS
ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO BENEFICIARY AND MY
INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT ENG.DAVID KORDOOIZADEH, UNTILL HIS
DEATH WAS THE MANAGER DIAMOND SAFARI [PTY] SA. WE WILL START THE FIRST TRANSFER
WITH $10 MILLION DOLLARS [$10,000.000.00] UPON SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER WITHOUT
ANY DISAPPOINTMENT FROM YOUR SIDE, WE SHALL RE-APPLY FOR THE TRANSFER OF
THE REMAINING $15 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS [$15,000.000.00] INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT BRINGING THE SUM TOTAL TO TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
[$25,000.000.00]

I AM CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN ONLY BE APPROVED
TO A FOREIGNER WITH A VALID INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, DRIVERS LICENCE AND
FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER
OF THE ACCOUNT ENG.DAVID KORDOOIZADEH, IS A FOREIGNER. I WILL LIKE US TO
MEET FACE TO FACE TO SIGN A BINDING AGREEMENT THAT WILL BIND US TOGETHER
IN THE BUSINESS, I AM REVEALING ALL THIS TO YOU WITH THE BELIEF THAT YOU
WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU ARE THE FIRST AND THE ONLY
PERSON I AM CONTACTING FOR THE BUSINESS SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY FOR ME
TO TELL YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.

YOU SHOULD FORWARD YOUR FULL NAME,YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS THAT WILL BE USED IN TRANSFERING THE
MONEY.YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE ME THE ASSURANCE WHEN WE MEET THAT THIS MONEY
WILL BE INTACT PENDING OUR PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR SHARING
AND DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND WHICH WILL BE 30% FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, 60%
WILL BE FOR US WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE EXPENSES
THAT WILL BE INCURED BY BOTH PARTIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRANSFER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST RESPONSE, ALL CORRESPONDENCE FOR NOW SHOULD
BE BY E-MAIL FOR SECURITY REASONS.REPLY TO THIS MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX (anthony_madu1011@yahoo.it)

BEST REGARDS,
ANTHONY MADU.(THE AUDITOR GENERAL)

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