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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • evan_ovinota@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Evangelist Ovin Ota" <evan_ovinota@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: evan_ovinota@myway.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:20:49 +0100
Subject: Project Manager

PROJECT MANAGER
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FOLOMO -COMPLEX LAGOS NIGERIA
ATTN SIR/ MADAM

I am the project manager withthe Nigeria National
petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I know you will besurprise
to receive this kind of letter seeking for yourassistance.
To be cadid, I got your e-mail address through aclose
relation of mine who is now with the Nigeria Chamber of
commerce(NCC)though I did not disclosed to him
what I will use it for as I onlyrequested for one.
Now the business in question is the transfer ofUS$25.5m .

This sum came as an over invoiced sum which wedid
purposely, during when my corporation awarded contract to
someforeign firms which I as the project manager
masterminded the wholecontract, which the foreign
contractors was dully received their totalcontract amount
leaving this over invoiced sum of USD$25.5m floating inthe
union bank Nigerian PLC, to be transferred to a foreign
bankaccount. We the official concern are still active
service, and theCivil rule of conduct does not warrant us
top operate offshore account.That is the reason why we are
strongly seeking for your assistancein
proving your bank information's where we can transfer this
fund.Please, you are very important in this transaction as
every documentscovering the transfer of this fund will be
in your name.

So all whatwe are in need now is your banking information
and ability to keep ittop secret based on the nature of it
all. We have mapped out 30% ofUS$25.5m to be for you the
account owner, 60% for us while 10% ismapped out for any
process of expenses to be incurred on the process ofthis
transfer whether locally here or Abroad. On receipt of your
bankinformation's within 14 working days. This fund will
be in yournominated account.

I will be very grateful to receive thisinformation from
you, and also pleased that you should not betray thetrust
I imposed in you.

As we will be investing part of our share inyour country.
I await your immediately complains

Bestregards
Thanks
Evan Ovin Ota,
NB,PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATEMAIL ADDRESS,evan_ovinota@myway.com

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