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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (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 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.
  • nuhujawara@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Noah Jawara" <noahjawara@colombia.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:19:43 -0600
Subject: PLEASE REPLY


FROM THE DESK OF MR JAWARA NUHU
MANAGER AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A )
BANJUL-GAMBIA, WEST-AFRICA

Dearest One,

I am Nuhu Jawara, Manager Audit Accounting Department BANK OF AFRICA(
B.O.A ),
I would like to know if this proposal will be worth while for your
acceptance.
I have a Foreign Customer, Hildago Nelson from United States who is an
Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and Federal Government Contractor that was a
victim with Concord Air Line, flight AF4590 killing 113 people crashed on
25 July 2000 near Paris leaving a closing balance of Thirty Million Eight
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($30.8m) in one of his Private US
Dollar Account that is been managed by me as the Customer's Account Officer.
Base on my security report,these funds can be claimed without any hitches
as no one is aware of the funds and its closing balance except me and the
customer (Now Deceased) therefore, I can present you as the Next of Kin and
we will work out the modalities for the claiming of the funds in accordance
with the law.

If your account is not ready or allow by your banker,We can apply for cash
delivery to your door step any where you are,
If you are interested, Please call me to discuss in further details and our
sharing ratio will be 60% for me and 30% for you.while 10% will be for the
necessary expenses that might occur along. Contact: ,E-mail:*
nuhujawara@yahoo.com<http://us.mc461.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nuhujawara@yahoo.com>
*
Thank you,
Sincerely
Jawara Nuhu
N.B.In <http://n.b.in/> other for you to beleive me honestly try and go
through

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