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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • abbas01@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SANNI ABBAS" <sabas00800@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abbas02@sify.com
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:23:27 +0000
Subject: DEAR SIR/PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

DEAR SIR/GOOD DAY,
PLEASE I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE EMBARRASMENT THIS MY MAIL MIGHT CAUSE YOU
OWING TO THE IMPORTANT FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE AND COUPLED WITH THE
LATEST TREND ALL OVER THE GLOBE WHERE THERE IS NO TRUST.
MY NAME IS MR.SANNI ABBAS, A BANKER AND ACCOUNTANT WITH ECO BANK HERE
IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.I AM THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS MANAGER TO ENGR.JONATHAN
CAMACHO,A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO USED TO WORK WITH AN OIL SERVICING
COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA. MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN
WERE INVOLVED IN THE ILL FATED KENYA AIRWAYS CRASH IN THE COASTS OF
ABIDJAN IN JANUARY 2000 IN WHICH ALL PASSENGERS ON BOARD DIED.

SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY
OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES BUT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER
SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACE IF I COULD LOCATE ANY
MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS THIS
HUGE DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK HERE IN, WHERE THE DECEASED HAS AN ACCOUNT
VALUED AT ABOUT (USD$10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS).

THEY HAVE ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR THE BANK
WILL DECLARE THE ACCOUNT UNSERVICEABLE AND THEREBY SEND THE FUNDS TO
THE BANK TREASURY. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE
RELATIVES FOR OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW, I WILL SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO
PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED.SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS
ACCOUNT VALUED AT (USD$ 10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN
WE CAN SHARE THE MONEY.

ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL
THROUGH.I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER ALL LEGITIMATE
ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. IF YOU CAN
HANDLE THIS WITH ME, REACH ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS(abbas01@sify.com) AND PLEASE INCLUDE FULL NAMES AND
ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH AND YOUR PHONE NUMBERS FOR MORE DISCUSSIONS.

THANKING YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION,

MR SANNI ABBAS.

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