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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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  • gilanyaego@yahoo.dk

Fraud email example:

From: "Gilbert Anyaego" <anyaego@msn.com>
Reply-To: gilanyaego@yahoo.dk
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:25:25 +0000
Subject: Kindly Respond !!!!

Dear Sir/madam

My Name is Gilbert Anyaego I'm a Manager with
Standard Trust Bank Plc,
Lagos-Nigeria. A German Mr. Wolfgang Schinister
,66 years of age and a prosperous farmer had in
our Bank the sum of US$7m in a domiciliary
account.
He named his wife, Mrs. Helga Schinister as the next of kin.
Unfortunately,two of them were killed in the
recent plane crash involving concord AF4590
in Gonesse,France. Efforts had been made by
the management of my Bank through the German
Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased
children but to no avail, as we were made to
understand that the couple had no child.
Owing to the skeletal information available
to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to
reach any of the relatives. The option left
for the Bank management is to declare the deceased
account dormant and revert the funds to trading on
behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.
In order to avoid this development,my Colleagues
and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
distant relative to Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Schinister,
so that the funds would be released to you.
All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds
will be carefully worked out on our receiving your
consent to this proposal,we would immediately
obtain for an order of mandamus from the Federal
High Court of Justice on your behalf recognizing
you as a bona-fide relative to the deceased and
subsequent apply for the release of the funds to
you as the beneficiary, through the Central Bank
Of Nigeria. May I assured you that this Transaction
is 100% risk-free, as we have taken care of all
necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.
To this effect my colleagues and I have agreed to share
with you 80-20 of the total sum US$7m for your kind assistance.
If this proposal is acceptable to you,
please furnish me with the followings:

1.Your full names & Address,
2.your Age,Occupation & Marrital Status.
3.Your Phones & fax numbers.
4.Nationality.

Best Regards.

Gilbert Anyaego.
Email:gilanyaego@yahoo.dk


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