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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ebetmorrison@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Morrison Ebet <ebetmorrison@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Sequel to our arrangements


Attention: Amarjit Singh

Madam,

Sequel to our secret arrangement on how to help you receive your overdue contract fund into your account, I wish to use this medium to inform you that I was able to move part of the total fund to a Security and Finance firm in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The total amount I moved to Amsterdam is $8.350million (Eight million, three hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars).

Note: The trunk box containing this fund was deposited with the the firm in Amsterdam, Netherlands as Diplomatic consignment containing some vital classified documents through the help of a Diplomat. So in no account you should disclose to the finance and security firm the actual contents of the trunk box when you contact them. Arrange with them on when you will go to Amsterdam for the collection of the consignment and inform me immediately. I will forward to you the name of the finance and security firm, telephone/fax, contact personnel and all the necessary documents(Deposit certificate, Air waybill, the code number of the keys to the box) required for the collection of this trunk box containing the fund from the finance and security firm in Amsterdam as soon as you contact me.

Regards to the wonderful help I have offered you by making it possible at last for you to receive your overdue contract payment, I will like inform you that I will be entitle to 25% of the $18.350m (non-negotiable) after you have collected the fund.

Contact me upon the receipt of this mail through my e-mail: ebetmorrison@yahoo.com Please do not contact me through my telephone because I will not like to discuss this on telephone to avoid implications in the office.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks. Mr. Morrison Ebet (Assistant Paymaster, Ministry of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria).


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