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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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • +2348072935485 (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.
  • juliusodum1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barrhamedibrahim1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:21:28 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOODWILL=20MESSAGE=20FROM=20IBRAHIM=20HAMED?=

Dear Friend,

You might find it so difficult to remember me. Though, it is indeed, a very
long time. On my singular, I am much delighted and privileged to contact
you again, after couple of years now. It takes fate, courage and God fears
to remember old friends and at the same time, to show gratification to them,
despite circumstances that made things, notworked out as we Projected then.

I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursuing
together finally worked out by God's infinite mercy and I decided to contact
you, just to let you know. I have conscience as a human being, due to your
tremendous effort to make things work out in retrospect.

Meanwhile, I must inform you that, I am presently in Luxemburg for numerous
business negotiations. I just arrived yesterday Night and checked inn, in
a hotel and decided to go down to the hotel business centre to mail you.
Now, with my sincere heart, I released a total sum of US$1.5m(one Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a trust account as your
COMPENSATION, dedication humanity and contribution, the trust account is
in your name .

Therefore, contact my account officer now on this confidential E-mail:
NAME:JULIUS ODUM
EMAIL:juliusodum1@yahoo.com
PHONE:+234-80-72935485

And you are to forward to him, the following:

1. YOUR FULL! NAME & ADDRESS.
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.

He will advise you on how to cash the money from the bank affiliate branch
near your domain and he will facilitate the process to you enable cash fund
within the code validity period of 14 banking days.

Sincerely Yours,
DR HAMED IBRAHIM




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