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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.
• 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.
  • drusmanbello@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr.Usman Bello <dr.u.bello_3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <drusmanbello@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 15:35:07 +0000
Subject: Good day Madam/Sir



Good day Madam/Sir

Good day to you as the weather of the day may be, Please Permit me to introduce my self to you, I am Dr. Usman Bello, the former Accountant to Shell Oil Company, but I have retired from the company for 1 year now. After my retirement I was charged to court for money laundry which am innocent of, and they free zed my account in London which I have ($10.3m us) deposited there with the bank.

My case is coming up on the 29th of this month and I am still in the prison custody, I opened an account with a bank here in my country which I opened with a fake name and your name fall with the name I used in opening the account.

I want you to write to the Bank that you want them to transfer your money to your present country, where you are working, I want to transfer this money before my case come up on the 29th of this month because I have ($12.1m us) in the account if you are willing to do this and that you are not going to fail me at last after the transfer is made, try and mail me as fast as possible via my private email below (drusmanbello@sify.com) because urgent action need to be taken as the date is fast approaching, I will be looking forward to hear from you once you receive this mail.

Regards
Dr.Usman Bello

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