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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2348050311571 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: john oluwole <johnoluwolefun@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: ABOUT THE MAN THAT SCAM YOU!!!!


I am contacting you consigning a scammer we got last we and doing the investigations we carried out and with his convenssion to us we find out you have been scam by him .

i am mrs john oluwole , i work in economics and financial crime commion (EFCC) i am the one the case is with now and i am writen you this mail to let you know that we have got him last we and we are ready to get all your money back for you from him .

we need you to talk to us , so that we can know how to start and all the ways you used in sending him the money and other information he gave to you , you can call me on this number +2348050311571 , call me so that we can talk more about this matter , we find out is from nigeria , we got him when trying to make a call to NC telling them he is in london and one of our man hard him and get him arrested , so i will be waiting to here from you any time from now so that i can know how to start we him .

john.


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