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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348024163393 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • daniel_davies01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daniel davies" <daniel_davies02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: daniel_davies02@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:23:32 +0100
Subject: FROM MR DAVIES

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Daniel Davies, Chief accountant with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), I propose this private and confidential
message to you for urgent help.

After the auditing of the account of the petroleum Industry in my country I
discover an over invoiced of US$ 35.5million (Thirty five million five
hundred Thousand USD) which I have made up my minds to invest in your
country. To this end, I need your cooperation so that I can be able to
send this money to you for investment as a joint Partnership. Although trust
shall be the watch word.

What I shall require from you is to receive this fund on my behalf as it
still kept in a Bank now Your work is to secure a profitable investment in
your country for me where part of this fund shall be invested. For your
effort towards receiving this fund,
be ear marked for any expenses that may arise in the course of this
business will be taking care by both parties.

This transaction is risk free and will take only 7 working days to move this
fund outside the country immediately you digest your interest to assist us,
all
modalities to move this fund outside the country has been mapped out and the
responsibilities of movement of this fund will be taking care of by us here.
I expect you to reply me via this e-mail address:daniel_davies01@yahoo.com
for more and information.



Expecting your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
Mr Daniel Davies
Mobile+234-802-416-3393

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