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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)
• 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.
  • zbank0@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Zenith=20Bank?= <zbank0@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: telexcentre@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 04:40:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED.


Jeg har en ny e-mail-adresse!Nu kan du e-maile mig på: zbank0@yahoo.dk

Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc.



Good Day to you,

With close inquiries made about you ,I believe you can handle this

matter.I humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs outmost

trust and confidence. I am Dr. Jim Ovia, (MBA,ACIS)and I am the bank

manager of Zenith bank in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.



There is an account in my bank that has not been updated in the last

nine years and it has the sum of $7,000,000.00 usd.This money has no

beneficiary and severe investigations show that the account belongs to

a foreign company belonging to Mr.Morris Thompson who died a couple of

years ago.



Right now, I am willing to give you 20% of the total sum as

your own share if the money is transferred into your account.

The nature of your business is not relevant for the success of this

transaction.



I have taken all necessary precautions to make sure that

the transaction is 100% risk free and it is believed that this

transaction will be completed within seven working days.I require you

to send me your private email address, phone and fax number for an easy

and well secured communication.



Please you must keep this transaction secret at all times until you

have received the fund in your account.You may also go through our

banking online site through ( www.zenithbank.com ) to check out my

profile there and everything about my bank.When you log on the

website,you click on about us and after that,you scroll down to your

left and have a click on management team and i am very sure that you will get to the page and have a look on our management team and me in personal.



Please do send to me your informations as stated below:



Full Name....................................

Contact Address..........................

Age......................................

Date of Birth..............................

Occupation...............................

Phone number.........................

Mobile phone..........................

Fax......................................



Best regards,

Dr.Jim Ovia.



- Zenith Bank

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