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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 united states 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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • securit@web2mail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Ceb Securit" <cbsecurit003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cbsecurit@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:37:53 +0000
Subject: TRUST VENTURE.

From. Zebed Mike
Chief Protocol Officer
Office of the First Lady
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Aso-Rock Presidential Villa
Abuja CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL..........securit@web2mail.com
Date. 03,02,2006.

I am writing this letter to you with full trust that you can help me give my
life a meaning.It is truthfully a product of circumstance.My name is
Mr.Zebed Mike , I am the Chief Protocol Officer to late Mrs. Stella
Obasanjo, wife of the president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
On the 23rd October 2005 Mrs. Stella Obasanjo died as result of complication
at MOLDING CLINIC MARBELLA in Spain after undergoing ABDOMNOPLASTY (TUMMY
TUCK) Surgery . Performed by the Director General of Molding Clinic Dr.
Ramon Roige. She was committed to mother earth in a private burial on
Saturday 29th October 2005 at her husband's Totoro/Sokori Abeokuta home in
Ogun State Western Nigeria.

I have in my possession the sum of US$21.5Million United States Dollars,
which was part of the money mapped out for her Medical bills but she
actually intended to put this remaining sum into her private bank account in
Europe after the operation. Upon her death, I immediately deposited the
money in my possession with a Finance/Security Company in Spain.
I have contacted you to assist me claim these Funds deposited with the
Finance/Security Company in Spain on my behalf because as a civil servant
and a top government official, the code of conducts prohibits us from
operating foreign bank account.I will furnish you with the contact
informations of the Finance/Security Company in Spain if you are ready to
assist me claim these funds. You will be the sole beneficiary and I will
make all necessary legal documents in your name to enable you claim these
funds without any hitches.
All I want you to do now is to give me the following information :
A. YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS
B. TELEPHONE/FAX NOS.

I will forward this to the security company in Spain to enable them contact
you. You will arrange with them the best way to deliver the funds to you.
Please note that there is no legal implication on you and that you
absolutely have nothing to lose.

As soon as you have claimed this money, I will come over to your country
for my share of the funds and invest in any lucrative business you may
advise me. I give you 35% for your assistance. 5% will be mapped out for
local and international expenses we may incur and I will take 60%. Please
keep this transaction strictly confidential because of my Job, as nobody is
aware of the money in my possession. It is a golden loot.
Best regards,
Mr.Zebed Mike ....................CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL..........securit@web2mail.com

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