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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.
• 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.
  • +2348051528820 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • everestiz@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Sam Tzee <dr_samtzee@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent reply please/ filled form


Dear Pastor Robert,

I am sorry for the delay in sending you the form, the nurse who went for the scanning yesterday just resumed work hence I send you the form without delay, all information’s contained therein are true and correct.

Dear Pastor I will be going for the surgery, which the doctors gave me 7% chance of survival, not God. Please I want you to contact the managing director of the insurance/ finance company without delay as I will still be able to sign any document if required of me now that I am still here.

To contact the managing director Mr. Everest Izukwu, this is his contact information:

Mr. Everest Izukwu

Nigeria re-insurance and Finance Corporation

Email: everestiz@yahoo.com

Tel: +234-8051528820

Please get back to him as you can for them to confirm all requirements from me note that the agreement is that the money must be transferred to any country or shipped to any country of my choice.

Thanks for your prayers may the almighty God Grant all our prayers, I really appreciate your mails and prayers. The scanned copy is not really clear if it must be rescanned let me know.

Thank you,

Dr. Tzee


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