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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • adamumusa007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Musa Adamu" <mrmusa_a40200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <adamumusa007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:19:02 -0400
Subject: Dear Friend.



Dear Friend,

This mail might come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to read before a decision to assist or not. I wish to solicit for your assistance in a transaction, which I strongly believe, will be of mutual benefit to all parties.

My name is Musa Adamu, regional head of a leading bank in South Africa, my colleagues and I wish to seek your assistance in transferring of an unclaimed inheritance claim of $41,000,000.00 (Fourty-one Million United States Dollars).
An American national deposited this money in a fixed deposit account in the bank, eight years ago. The maturity of the fixed deposit is four years, which expired years back.

Mr.Bob Gallagher, who was the beneficiary died in the November 27 2002 bombing in Mombassa Kenya. He left no one as next of kin to claim the funds. All efforts made to trace any known relations of his proved abortive and no one has written our bank, three years after his death in this regard.

All modalities for the successful transfer of this money into an offshore bank account has been put in place and we are looking for a trustworthy foreign partner into whose bank account this fund would be remitted to. Based on this my colleagues have mandated me to provide a partner who will assist us.

Since none of his relatives has come forward for the claim for over four years after his death, now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name, all I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. We have agreed to compensate you with 20% of the total amount if you should accept to assist us.

Please provide me the details below:-

Tel No: Fax No: E-Mail:Address/Age:

If you are interested in giving us the required assistance, kindly keep me posted via my email (adamumusa007@yahoo.co.uk),fax or preferably a call for details.

Thanks.

Yours Truly,

Mr.Musa Adamu.
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