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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:
  • "mariam abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • meryabacha@myway.com
  • meryabacha@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mark ken" <marken0000@msn.com>
Reply-To: meryabacha@myway.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:16:25 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLS.

FROM HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA
FORMER FIRST LADY,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
2/8GIDADOROADKANO NIGERIA,
WEST AFRICA.
EMAIL. meryabacha@myway.com
Hello Dear, i am Hajia Mariam Abacha , widow of the Late Gen. Sani Abacha
former Nigerian Military Head of State who died on june 8 1998 as a result
of cardiac arrest.
I got your contact from a personal directory I found in our study room,
after the death of my husband.
I decided to contact you in confidence so that I can be able to move out the
sum of Forty Eight million, US dollars ($48,000,000.00) which was carefully
sealed in a big trunk box for security reasons.
I personally therefore appeal to you for your urgent assistance to move this
money into your country, through diplomatic means, where I believe it will
be safe since I can not leave the country due to the restriction of movement
imposed on mean members of my family by the Nigerian government.
If you know my husband Gen Abacha when he was alive, you will discover that
we worth over one billion dollars, but the direction of the day has made us
to start asking people to come to our aid pending when we will have our
freedom or the termination of this government.
However, arrangement has been put in place to move this money out of the
Security company where it is presently no win Europe to any foreign partner
who will accommodate this funds in his/her account pending when our suite
with the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT will come to an end the news will come over to
have our funds back.
Conclusively , I have decided to offer you 20% of the total sum 5% will be
for whatever expenses that will be incurred, while 75% is to be used in
buying shares in companies in your country subsequent to our free movement
by the Nigerian government.
Please reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.
Thanks for your understanding in this regard, as I look forward to your kind
response Best regards, HAJIA Mariam.Abacha
PLEASE REPLY ME HERE meryabacha@myway.com

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