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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • ghali_uthman@myway.com
  • ghali_uthman@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Ghali Uthman" <goo3uthman@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ghali_uthman@myway.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:49:27 -0700
Subject: FROM GHALI

FROM THE DESK OF;
GHALI UTHMAN
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT,LION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
34 AHMADU BELLO WAY JOS NIGERIA
ghali_uthman@myway.com

I am a senior Accountant in my Bank and Accounting officer to Mr.Arthur
Kinder,who worked as an expatriate well Engineer with a petroleum company
here in nigeria. On the 21st of April 2001, my customer, his wife and their
two children were involved in auto-crash along the ever busy Sagumu-Ibadan
High Way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since
then,the Board of Directors of my Bank have made several enquires to their
embassy to locate any of my customer's extended relations but to no avail.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and Property left
behind by my client
before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
Huge deposits of
USD$10M was lodged.The Bank had published several Notice for the Next of Kin
of the
deceased to apply for collection of this Funds or have the account
confiscated within a shot
Period of time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now I
seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased, so that
the proceeds of this Account valued at US$10 million dollars can be paid to
you and Then you and me can share the money,60% to me and 40% to you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we
may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate Arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the Law.


Please get in touch with me via my email [ghali_uthman@myway.com]and send to
me your Telephone and fax numbers to enable us further about this
Transaction.

Best regards,

GHALI UTHMAN,
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
LION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

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