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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • agabi_chamber@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: annmarieteam@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:54:41 -0800
Subject: very urgent

Dear,

I am barrister Jerry Mike The personnsl assistant to Chief Tafa
balogun the Inspector General of police in Nigeria.
I am contacting for an urgent assistence to enable us save our face and
family.

On the 18th Jan 2005 my boss was dismissed but people thought that he
was retired from the police and he is now facing probe for misused of funds
that is meant for police work for the past years.As at this moment his
account with Fountain Trust bank was frozen with a debt of 1.8 billion
Naria(which is about usd 120,million dollars.please see the daily new of 18-1-2005.

url:http://www.nigeria.com/Channels/_News_Room/Newspapers/Guardian/guardian.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501181382.html

My good friend,we want you to assist us before the whole of his asset
is discovered. As at this moment he is having about $35 million
dollars in a secuirty vaulth that we must send out immediately that is
why I am contacting you for your help to ship this fund in your name to you
for safe keeping and you will been rewarded.

I look forward for your urgent response.via my private email:agabi_chamber@yahoo.ie

Stay Blessed,
JERRY MIKE
[AGABI CHAMBERS]

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