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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "SHOLA ABIMBOLA" <sholaabimbola2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_abimbola@eriga.lv
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:50:10 -0700
Subject: Hello

Dr. Shola Abimbola
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing
Head Qutrs.
Garki, Abuja.
PLEA FOR URGENT RISK-FREE ASSISTANCE
Compliments of the season to you and your entire family. I know that
this e-mail message will come to you as a surprise because we have
never meet before now. However i choose to reach you via e-mail message
because it remains the fastest and more secured way for communication
My name is Dr.Abimbola Shola of the Federal Ministry Of Works&Housing and
contract coordinator for the building and maintenance of all Public
Hospitals in all the 36 states of the
federation and the federal capital territory.

The ministry of health and the hospital management board
awarded this contract in the year 2003 for building and maintenance of
all government public hospitals in the federation. This contract was
awarded to a German firm. This contract has been fully executed and
commissioned and full payments made to the contractors. We were able to
over invoiced the contract sum to the tone of US$15million, this
$15m is what we want to transfer abroad with your co-operation of a
reliable and a confident partner.
We the contract committee members have agreed that your share of the
total amount $15m ,you will take 30% as your share while
70% will be shared amoung we the committee members. I know
that this proposal will look too good to be truth based on the scam
parading worldwide but you just have to accept it in good faith and the
modalities to transfer the fund $15m have been perfected for a hitch-free
transaction,awaiting any account of your choice nominated to recieve this
{safely}.
If you find this proposal interesting, Please do not delay to reply me
as a matter of urgency with your phone number so that i can call you
for a more detailed discussion with you if you find it interesting and
you wish to co-operate with me.
Yours truly.
Dr.Abimbola Shola

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