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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)
  • "with absolute secrecy" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • livinushughes@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • livinus_hughes@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Livinus Hughes" <livinus_h04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: livinushughes@myway.com
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:06:14 +0000
Subject: Inheritance Funds:

From: Livinus Hughes
Private Email: livinushughes@myway.com
livinus_hughes@myway.com
Subject: Inheritance Fund
Date: 11th sept, 2006.

Hello friend,

I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral
ethics, But please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I
am
Mr.Livinus Hughes an Auditor of a commercial Bank here in the United
Kingdom, in the the process of auditing our bank accounts I and one of my
colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum
US$10,000,000.00 (Ten million united states Dollars) and after due
verification of this account we discovered that the account owner is late
and that is why the account has been dormant and as such a
US$10,000,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed.

The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our late customer
and also who is not resident in the United Kingdom to act as his next
of kin came into my mind that was how and why we have contacted you to
present you as his next of kin, so that the US$10,000,000.00 will be
paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the percentage
we will agree on.

In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding
to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim
the fund from my bank.

Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you. Please kindly get
back to me immediately, strictly via my private email address
only:livinushughes@myway.com to enable me enlighten you on how we are to
proceed.

We shall disburse the US$10,000,000.00 between us, as follows, 60% for
us and 40% for you, we intend to
invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country,
and we would appreciate if you can
put us in the right part investing in your country.I will not contact
any other person or company until I
hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what to do next. Be rest
assured that this business is 100% risk free.

We await for your prompt response.

Regards,
Livinus Hughes
Email Address: livinushughes@myway.com
livinus_hughes@myway.com


NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY
LATE CUSTOMER, THE FUND WILL STILL BE
PAID TO YOU, SINCE WE ARE PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.

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