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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 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.
  • maxijewere@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "maxwell ijewere" <maxwellijewere@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:07:04 +0000
Subject: Re;Friend


>From Mr.Mxwell Ijewere
Intercontinental Bank
Lagos Nigeria West Africa

Dear Friend
I am Mr.Mxwell Ijewere. I am accounting officer for one of our custormer,
this man is a foreigner.
He left in his account $11.5 Million dollars [ELeveen million Five hundred
thousand United state dollars] for over five years now, on my personal
investigation to ascertain the reason of his sudden disappear, I was
informed by his former employee Nigerian National petroleum co-operation
that he died in a plane Crash along with his entire family, while they are
returning from holiday trip abroad.
Since then I have made several enquiries to foreign embassy here to locate
any of our clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any of his family member but of no avail. hence
I contacted you for you are a foreigner as our late customer.
I need your assistance in evacuation of the funds left behind by our client
in the Bank before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Government, because official, financial laws here stipulate it that after
five years any fund or assets deposited with bank/security firm without
claim or servicing, the money or assets will be divert to central bank as
unclaimed bill. 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 since you are a Foreigner so that the proceeds of this deposit
valued at $11.5 million dollars can be paid to you and we share the money, I
have necessary information concerning this fund deposit, which can be used
to back up your claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
You have to assure me that you will not sit on the fund when it is finally
claimed by you.
Expecting your quick response
Best regards,
FRM;Mr.Mxwell Ijewere
My alternative email address is [maxijewere@yahoo.com].

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