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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "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)
  • "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • st_morritz2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3ast_morritz2@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "urgent14 Gazeta.pl" <urgent14@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:10:29 -0700
Subject: REPLY ASAP IT IS VERY URGENT


Dear Sir,


Good day, I am a civil servant and I have a business proposal for you which
came up from an over inflated contract for some supplies to my organization
the

NNPC as a result of which the sum of USD $25.8m (Twenty five million, Eight
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) is now outstanding as the
contract

margin in the nation apex bank waiting for disbursement.

The original contractor has long been paid and this outstanding is what I
would appreciate if you can put up a tender for claim and I will approve it
and it

shall be transferred to your personal or company account.

This is what I want to transfer into an oversea account since as a Civil
Servant I am not allowed to own an offshore account while in service.

This funds after the successful transfer into your account shall be shared
at a ration of 70% for me and the rest for any individual or group that can
assist

me to accommodate it in his or her account, while 5% takes care of any
expenses that we incurs at the end.

If you are interested please contact me.

Chudi Amaechi Tiko.
Email:st_morritz2@yahoo.co.uk <Email%3Ast_morritz2@yahoo.co.uk>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam