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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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 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.
  • tony_et2@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "TONY ELUMELU" <tony_e1@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:03:07 +0000
Subject: REPLY AS THE NEXT OF KIN.

Dear Sir,

Hello, I am the Auditing and Accounts Operations Manager of
United Bank For Africa (U.B.A) Plc. In my department, we discovered an
abandoned suM of SIXTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers (Dr Farid Abas of Iraq Citizen)
who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

For more information about the crash visit this site: (bbc>.
co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) Since we got information
about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over
and claim his money. Unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next
of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash.

His younger brother was killed by terrorist during his Governorship
election campaign in the city of Basra. I agree that 30% of this money
will be for you as your share for the provision of a foriegn account by
you, 10% for other settlements and 60% would be for me. Reply through my
alternative e-mail address tony_et2@sify.com.

PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER,FAX NUMBER,JOB TITLE AND COUNTRY
NAME.
MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS[ 234-1-851-7129]

Best regards,
Dr.Tony Elumelu.

Anti-fraud resources:

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