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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • adeniyi_ayodeji102@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adeniyi Ayodeji" <adeniyi_ayodeji213@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:12:52 +0000
Subject: HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND.

My friend,
 
It all started some years ago when i got a contract from the fedral goverment of my country so i took a loan from the bank to finance it,so as the bank manager of a bank i can not do contract so i used my forieng friend who was an EGYPTIAN to carry out the contract so after the contract i made a gross profit of over 100% so i ask my friend to deposit the money in my bank in his name, b/cos if i did that on my name the bank will ask me where i got that kind of money from so i have to use my friend to make sure this work out, so after some years the money yield some profit amounthing to the total money of 6.230million dollars, and right now i am owning the bank just 2.23omillion dollars so in which i will pay from my own share of this money so you that have a problem with how i am going to pay the bank back.
 
And my friend died some years back that is why i am needing your assistance in this now and there is nobody to claim this funds for me so that is why i have seck for your help to help me complete this transaction, and if i dont pay back the loan i took from the bank, the bank will have to take all my property and then i will be left with nothing so my friend try and do this with me please. and since nobody has come up as the next of kin to this funds in my bank my bank will have to keep this money in thier in treasury.
 
well for the proceduces it is very necessary we follow the laid down laws of money transfer so you will have to fill the form and have it sent to me and i will personaly surmit it in the bank for verification and i will use my power as the bank amanager of this bank to approve you as the next of kin to this funds, and after you are been approved the bank will get you a lawyer to represent your interest here in my country, to help you get all the necessary papper work done and sign the final realease documents to this money before it will be transfer to your acount.
 
i want to assure you that there is nothing to be scared of b/cos it is 100% risk free and i am giving you my word that you are safe in doing this with me and i promise you with,and  to think of it i will not do anything to lose that money okay it is very safe.
 
my friend you are getting 1.8million as your own share of this money so and i am getting 4.361million dollars as my own share so i will advice you to try and have this form filled out so that we can complete this transaction and after the completion of the transaction the money will be transfer to your account via swift telegraphic transfer to your account in your country and that will take 48hrs to be completed then after that the money will be ready for collection okay.
 
This are the procedures okay and the lawyer will be giving you feed back on all the information you will be needing and i will assist you with all the necessary informations too from the bank so and this transaction will take 9working days, if you follow the instructions of the bank and my instructions okay.
 
I will advice you to do as i have told you thanks for your effort to assist me okay.
 
MR ADENIYI.
NOTE:PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME,DO MAIL ME VIA MY MOST PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS:adeniyi_ayodeji102@yahoo.co.uk, DO NOT HESITATE TO REPLY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

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