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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • davidugo4@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID UGO" <davidugo1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidugo4@excite.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:30:25 +0000
Subject: NEXT OF KIN






FROM: MR DAVID UGO
LIBERTY BANK PLC
LAGOS NIGERIA .

DEAR GOOD FRIEND

DO NOT BE SURPRISED AT RECEIVING THIS MAIL. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO HARM
IN TRYING SOMEONE TRUSTWORTHY AT HEART. A NEW RELATIONSHIP WILL GO A LONG
WAY TO HELP ME. I NEED YOU TO COME AND STAND AS NEXT OF KIN WITH THIS PERSON
MR.MANSOUR WHO DIED IN 2001 OF A HEART CONDITION HERE IN AGOS.SOME YEARS
AGO, MR. ROBBERT MADE A NUMBERED (OR FIXED) DEPOSIT OF US $18,000,000.00
MILLION IN MY BANK.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE DID NOT MENTION A NEXT OF KIN IN ANY OF HIS PAPERS WITH US
OR HIS CONTRACTORS - TEXACO OIL.SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN NO RESPONCE TO
OUR INTERNATIONAL ADVERTORIALS CALLING FOR ANY RELATIVE TO CONTACT US. IT IS
FIVR YEARS NOW AND STILL NO RESPONCE. BY DECEMBER ENDING, THE INTEREST WILL
BE ROLLED OVER, BRINGING THE TOTAL CLAIMS TO 20,000,000.00MILLION.

MY DEPARTMENT HAS THE MANDATE TO OVERSEE THE INTERNAL CLEARANCE FOR CLAIMS
SUCH AS THIS AND THE FINAL APPROVAL SIGNATURE FOR PAYMENT IS MINE. YOU HAVE
NO RISK. BY LAW, YOU ONLY NEED TO SHOW-UP ONCE BEFORE THE MONEY WILL BE PAID
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD.

HOWEVER, PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN US; I WILL TAKE
60% AND YOU: 40% (OR US$8,000,000.00 MILLION). THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE NEED
TO CLAIM THIS MONEY FAST. I WILL GIVE YOU MORE COMPREHENSIVE DETAIL WHEN YOU
REPLY. davidugo4@excite.com

THANK YOU.
MR DAVID UGO

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