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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:
  • "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)
  • "mariam abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • mrs_marriam_abacha98@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hajia marriam <hajiamarriam4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs_marriam_abacha98@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:51:43 +0100
Subject: HAJIA MARIAM




MRS.HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA.



Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you.I believe you are a highly respected personality, You may be surprise to receive this message from me since you don't know me in person, but for the purpose of introduction.


I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, wife of Nigerian former head of state; Late General Sani Abacha, whose sudden death occurred on the 8th of June 1998. Since my husband died, I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and by the present civilian dministration.The security agents in the country have subjected me to physical and psychological torture, you must have heard about my family regarding huge sums of money stacked in foreign banks in different names for business. As a widow that has been traumatized, You must have heard over the media reports on the recovery of various sums of money deposited by my late husband with various security firms. Some companies willingly gave up their secret and disclosed our money confidently lodged there, or many, outright blackmail. Inorderwords the total sum of money discovered by the government so far is in the tune of ($700 to $600 Million USD) and they are not relenting to make me poor for life. I would want to have faith and confidence in you as I view you to be of responsible personality. I have no doubt about your capacity and goodwill to assist me in receiving into your custody (for safety) the sum of ($ 68 Million US Dollars) Deposited safely in my favor by my late husband. This money is kept in Safe Deposit Box, at a security firm in South Africa.

As it is legally required, the administration of my late husband's property is under the authority of the family's Lawyer (Attorney). The investigative team setup by the government have submitted their report after freezing almost all our accounts. Fortunately, our family lawyer had secretly protected the personal will of my husband from the notice of the investigators and have strictly advised that the($68 Million US Dollars) be urgently moved to an overseas account of any trust worthy but ANNONYMOUS foreign family friend without delay, for security reasons. All our traveling papers have been seized by the government thereby preventing us from traveling and all the local and international outfit of our business empire seized.This sum of money is our only hope to stay . I have therefore agreed to compensate your good self with 25% of the total deposit only when you receive the deposit box from the security firm and its contents safely lodged in your account, although negotiable.The Security Company have equally guaranteed 100% risk-free and Safe Keeping of the Consignment. If you are interested in assisting with us, please reach us immediately and send to us your confidential telephone and fax number(s) so that my Attorney or my son (Mustapha abacha) can reach you as soon as possible. For obvious security reasons, it is imperative that you keep all our communication very secret. Do not mention my family’s name or disclose the transaction to anybody. If you are not interested in assisting us,please still get in touch so that we make alternative arrangement .Please do not expose us toany government.You can browse on the links below for more information concerning my family's predicament.You can get back to us through our private.

email:- mrs_marriam_abacha98@yahoo.co.uk

Best Regard

MRS. Hajia Mariam Abacha.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/109265.stm
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9806/08/abacha.update/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3333557.stm
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