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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristermikeeze@yahoo.com
  • peters_majorbizltd@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Peter chukwubundu." <majorbiz12@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 03:10:47 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Peter Chukwubundu,the Managing Director of the TRUSTSHORE BANKING
COOPERATION NIGERIA PLC in Lagos State.Me and two of my executives have
contacted you because of the sum of US$7,000,000.00 [SEVEN MILLION US
DOLLARS].Which have being deposited in our bank for a long time now with an
unknown depositor and we have decided to lay off this money without
suspect.so therefore we want you to act as the owner of the money by
contacting the lawyer in charge of the money through his
email-barristermikeeze@yahoo.com, while we make sure you claim the money
successively without any risk.just tell him you are the owner of the sum
with your name, then he will contact us that some one have come for the
money and will go ahead telling you on how to get the papers to cliam the
money while we will make the transfer easily to you the way you will want
it.After which you shall compensate us for our help.

NOTE-Do not act like you know us or we contacted you in other for this
operation to run smoothly.For further questions you can contact me thruogh
my email-peters_majorbizltd@myway.com Thanks,

Peter Chukwubundu.
SIGN-MANAGEMENT.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam