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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 business is hitch free " (a common phrase found 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.
  • christopheremehor2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ahmedadamu@intrage.it" <ahmedadamu@intrage.it>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:51:53 +0100
Subject: FROM CHRIS EMEHOR

DEAREST,
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER EMEHOR.SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE AND PAYMENT.I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK,(Mr CHUNG TIMOTHY) WHO PERISHED IN THE CRASH OF(KOREAN AIRFLIGHT 801) ON AUGUST 6 1997. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
WEBSITE:http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/.HE IS
FROM THR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.(USA).

SIR,SINCE THE DEMISE OF Mr CHUNG TIMOTHY,NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM FUNDS OF USSD20 MILLION,[TWENTHY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS]WHICH THE LATE Mr CHUNG TIMOTHY DEPOSITED WITH MY BANK BEFORE THE OCCURANCE OF THIS REGRETABLE ACCIDENT. ON THIS NOTE,I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN.AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS.(IT SEEM HIS ENTIRE FAMILY PERISHED WITH HIM.THEY WHERE RETOURNING FROM THEIR YEARLY SUMMER HOLIDAY.)THE BANKING REGULATION HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.AFTER TEN YEARS,THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY RESEARCH AFTER I WAS CONVINCED THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.

THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THECUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CAN NOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE PROCESS OF EFFECTING THE TRANSFER,10%PERCENT WILL BE DONATED TO ANY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION OF OUR CHOICE IN NIGERIA. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT .

UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.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 HAS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE
TRANSFER.

BEST REGARDS,
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU,
CHRIS EMEHOR.
YOU CAN WRITE ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL ADDRESS;;CHRISTOPHEREMEHOR2@YAHOO.COM


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