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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "transaction is 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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Slayton Adamu" <slaytonadamu@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23.08.33 +0200
Subject: URGENT


FROM: SLAYTON ADAMU
THE BANK MANAGER
DIAMOMD BANK LIMITED.
ATTN: THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT/CEO OF RECIPIENT
ORGANISATION.
Dear .SIR
I will like to solicit your kind help in a business proposition, which is by nature very confidential and a Top Secret.I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one worried and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to worry, as all will be well at the end of this endeavor.
I am Mr. Slayton Adamu , a Representative/General Manager with the Diamomd Bank Group and I and my partners have decided to seek your help in transfer of a huge sum of money requiring maximum confidence. I got the directory where I saw your contact from the African-International Bilateral Bereau Office.
THE PROPOSITION
A foreigner,mr Barry Trykall who we beleive was an oil merchant and a big time contractor to several african governments. Until his death onboard the ill fated NigeriaAirways bus {A310300}, he was our customer at the DIAMOMD BANK LIMITED and had a balance of US$ 25 Million( twenty-Five Million United States Dollars) which the bank now expects his next of kin to claim as the beneficiary.
We have made valuable efforts to get his people to no avail as he had no known relatives, due to this development our management and our board of directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed and subsequently paid into the federal government purse. Meanwhile, to avert this negative development me and my colleagues have decided to look for a reputable person to act as the next of kin to late Dr. so that the funds will be released and paid into your account and this is where you come in. All documents to aid your claim will be provided by me and my colleagues and for your help you will be getting due percentage of the total sum .
Please be assured that this transaction is risk free and genuine. We will need your fax number and phone number for more communication. VERY IMPORTANTLY. I will be glad if my proposal is successful.
Warm personal regards.
Slayton Adamu.

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