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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • rolandodogwu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "roland odogwu" <rolandodogwu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rolandodogwu@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:30:56 +0000
Subject: From Roland in UK.

Dear Sir,

I am Roland Odogwu, personal assistant to Mr. Ayo Fayose. Mr. Ayo Fayose is the embattled Governor of Ekiti state in the South West Nigeria. There is a big problem for the Governor which led to his recent impeachment move by the state law makers. In fact, he has just been served with an impeachment notice a few days ago. As a matter of fact, he is expected to be impeached and removed from office within the next few days.

In the light of the above, he has just making swift arrangements on how to move his funds secretary out of Nigeria. Hence, he  sent me to the UNITED KINGDOM to block every loop hole so that his funds in the UNITED KINGDOM would not be dictected by the Government. So, I came to the UNITED KINGDOM a three days ago to make adequate arrangements on how to move his funds secretly out of the UNITED KINGDOM.

It is worthy to inform you that the embattled Governor is currently having a total sum of SIXTEEN MILLION BRITISH POUND STERLING in one of the banks here in UK. It is against this background that I am writing you on behalf of my boss to solicit your urgent assistance/partnership. My boss has implored you to assist me to move his funds from UK to your bank account where ever your bank may be in this planet earth.

Sir, this message may come to you as a suprise but the gospel truth is that this fund has to be moved out of UK within a few days from now. Infact, if you are very conversant with the C.N.N news, you would understand my message the better. Please I am begging on behalf of my embattled boss, kindky assist him by making a vailable a bank account where this fund [ SIXTEEN MILLION BRITISH POUND STERLING ] would be transfered into within a few days. My visit to UK will expire within the next two weeks, therefore I am appealing to you assist very urgently in this regard.

Concerning your profit in this venture, my boss has mapped out 15% of the SIXTEEN MILLION BRITISH POUND STERLING for you. That is your share of this transaction. His word are his bond. That is your compensation. And it is my duty to proceed to your country to meet with you for the disbursment of the fund as soon as the fund has been wired into your bank account. Kindly feel free to respond to my e-mail or better still, do give me a call immediately so that we could discuss more about this transaction. But please I want you to note that this transaction requires an urgent attention.

Waiting for your urgent response and God bless you.

Regards,

Roland Odogwu
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON .
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECT CELL PHONE # + 44-702-4065625

Confidential E-mail Address: rolandodogwu@yahoo.com

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