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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348022687875 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "samson_adelabu@myway.com" <samson_adelabu@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:38:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Please_confirm_all_this_information=92s_to_me.?=


FROM THE DESK OF

SAMSON ADELABU CHAMBERS114,GLOVER ROAD IKOYILAGOS-NIGERIA. Dear Brother,Thanks for your swift correspondence reply, and I want you to accept me as your brother because I know God will use this fund to join our family together as one, but firstly I want you to understand the nature of the transaction, we don’t need any third party, even me, I have not inform my wife about this deal because I so much love confidentiality, you don’t need to tell any of your lawyer until the fund is confirmed in your bank account, the message for now is only for your eyes only, people are enemy of progress, also I will supply you with any information the bank ask you related to the left balance in the holding bank, its very important to keep this transaction between me and you only because secret is man power, and confidentiality is the key to success in life.I want you to follow my advice and instruction, the bank has already issued me a final notice that I should look for the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary or the fund will be confisticated so I don’t want the bank or the government to sit on the fund that was why I contacted you since you share the same surname with my late client, it will benefit both of us if you can give me the trust, also its fully legal because I have all the information’s the bank will ask you, all I need from you is trust, support, maximum co-operation and understanding, I also want you to assure me if my own share will be safe with you, if you are not going to run away with the fund, because am afraid, please don’t let me down, because, I know if you can listen to my instruction, and follow my advice, within 7 banking working days the bank will transfer the fund into your bank account, and I will travel over to meet with you in your country for disbursement according to %.All I need now, is for you to confirm your personal contact information’s to me, then I will use your contacts to prepare an application for claim on your behalf, and I
will submit it to the bank foreign remittance department, then the bank will contact you as the beneficiary, and once you receive any information’s from the bank, forward the information’s to my email, and call me immediately so that I can check my email.BELOW ARE THE NEEDED INFORMATIONS TO PREPEAR THE APPLICATION:Your private telephone number:Your private fax number:Your home address:Your private email:Occupation:Marital status:Age:Please confirm all this information’s to me, very important because of time factors so that we can have this fund in your bank account within 7 working days, your full support is highly needed for us to achieve this great goal, and God will help us through.I will appreciate if you quickly give me a fast response to indicate your interest if you are interested to proceed with me, please make sure you do because we need adequate communication to avoid any mistake. Am anxiously waiting for your response.Samson Adelabu Esq.+234 802 268 7875

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