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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • nduka_emman@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Edwin Anadike" <hopewellfamily@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:13:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Amarjit Singh for your past efforts.


IAM DR.EDWIN FROM NIGERIA.
Iam happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transfered overseas under the co-operation of a new partner from HAITI. Presently
i'm in haiti for investment projects with my own share of the total fund. i told you that it is a real transaction? but you did not belive me. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in receiving those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my account officer in cotonou,republic of benin his name is, Mr.Nduka Emmanuel on his direct email id thus. ( nduka_emman@myway.com ask him to send you the total amount of $250.000.00 i dropped with him for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free to get in touched with mr.Nduka Emmanuel with your house or office mailing address where you will like him to send the draft to you.
instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, Iam very busy here because of the investment projects which myself and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mr.Nduka Emmanuel on your behalf to receive that money in certified bank draft, so feel free to get in touch with him immediately and send him your mailling address where he will send the certified bank draft to you without any delay.Give him your private mailling address your house or office address where he will send your certified bank draft to you and let me know when you receive it.

sincerely yours,
DR. EDWIN.



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