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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • amadinnamdi006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • amadinnamdi004@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister amadi <amadinnamdi006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: amadinnamdi004@yahoo.com.br
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 04:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: BUSINESS COOPERATION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: amadinnamdi006@yahoo.com

From: Amadi Paul A. of Okonkwo Associate

Subject: Breaking News!!!

Date: Mon., 24 Oct., 2005 05:06:15+0200

Breaking News!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html


RE: BUSINESS COOPERATION



I am Amadi Paul N, private attorney to the late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who died yesterday Sunday the 23 of October 2005 at a hospital in Spain. She had traveled to Spain to undergo sergery and died from complications resulting from that surgery.



As the personal attorney to the deseased, I handle every of her affairs, mostly properties and funds both domestic and in overseas's. In this case my clients who left huge amount of million GB Pounds Sterling and so many investment with my signatures abroad.



Very soon my client's family will call me to account for my client's properties and fund offshores. At this jucture, I seek your consent to present you as the benefector to my client's fund deposited in Europe which I will desclose to you, since I have all the documents regarding the depositing of the funds. I will procure all the necessary legal documentation that can be used to back up any claim we might make.



All required is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this Deal through. I quarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, I promise that you and I can share the money 34/66%.



I believed my letter recieved a favourable consideration from you as I await your respond as soon as able possible. On your reply I will attache my copy International Passport for proof of my identity. You must give me a copy of reply to this my private mail box for urgent attention: amadinnamdi004@yahoo.com.br



Best Regards,

Nnamdi A Paul (Esq.)

Okonkwo Associate

123 Alhaji Musa Way,

Abuja FCT, Nigeria.







- Barrister amadi

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