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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • george_olami6@yahoo.ca
  • ola_george72@yahoo.co.nz

Fraud email example:

From: ola george <george_olami6@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: olageorge@ukrpost.net
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:18:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IS ME YOUR FRIEND.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: george_olami6@yahoo.ca



From the Desk of: Ola George

{GM, Corporate and Investment ]

Banking Division (South)}

African Continental Bank Plc, Nigeria.



E-mail ola_george72@yahoo.co.nz



Dear Friend,


My name is Ola George,General Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking Division(South)with African Continental Bank Plc,Lagos-Nigeria.I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of myself.As a matter of fact, I got your information from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Nigerian Export Promotion Council.


l write in respect of a foreign customer with our Bank,who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 which crashed on December 25,2003.

Since the death of this our customer , I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in his A/C as next of kin to the late customer. The total amount in the account is US$12.5 million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.


As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed information other than my very self-considering my position in the bank.Based on the fact that all the family perished in the same flight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin, and arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.


I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 70-30%.You shall have 30% of the funds and I shall have the rest (70%) .I hope this is a fair sharing?

I look forward to hear from you urgently so that we can proceed accordingly.I wait for your urgent response.


Best Regards.

Mr.OLA GEORGE

Send your further correspondent to this e-mail

address:ola_george72@yahoo.co.nz

such as :

1 your full name

2 telephone number

3 fax number

4. address

and other relevant informations thanks and GOD BLESS








- ola george

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