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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • ask4kessibi@excite.com
  • p_liu@linuxmail.org

Fraud email example:

From: "micheal Lewis" <micheal_lewis1101@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:33:06 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Michael Lewis, credit Manager of a Bank in
the United kingdom. One Chief Deprieye
Alamieyeseigha,The governor of Nigeria's oil-rich
Bayelsa state, Made a deposit of 3.5,000,000GBP (
three million , five hundred thousand british pounds
sterling) in my bank, it has come to our notice that
Chief Deprieye Alamieyeseigha is currently embattled
over charges of money laundering , As an insider in
the bank he has asked me to find a reputable
individual who i can transfer the said funds into his
account for safe-keeping,to avoid the funds being
consficated by the british government, For more
information you may visit Google and type on the
search engine(governor deprieye bayelsa state )
this will bring you into the full picture of this
sudden oportunity we have. The British authorities
have already seized 1.8 million british pounds
sterling found in his possesssion, he was indeed
friendly with me the few times he was at the bank. As
a staff of the bank, i cannot take out this funds
without outside help, so i want you to assist me in
the safe keeping of this funds to avoid seizure by the
british authorities, The embattled governor has infact
asked that anyone able to help with this will be
rewarded with 30% of the amount, confirm your interest
immediately by sending me your full names and address,
tel and fax numbers, once i get this information, I
shall then guide you on how the funds shall be
transferred into your nominated bank account as i have
worked out all modalities to this end. This whole
transaction shall be short, upon your co-operation it
will take less than 7 banking days for the conclusion
of this transaction.if you co-operate with me.Please
reply via my personal email box:ask4kessibi@excite.com
, or p_liu@linuxmail.org


Yours Faihtfully,
Michael Lewis.

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