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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • fowles@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dawson00004@intrage.it" <dawson00004@intrage.it>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:23:27 +0100
Subject: Date:9th August,"06


Date:9th August,"06
From: Mr.Fowler Tunde
General Manager,
Risk and Audit Department.
United Bank for Africa Plc.
E-mail:fowles@myway.com

Dear Friend,

First I must solicit your confidence in this letter to
you, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential and top secret. Though I know that
aproposal letter of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to
contact you due to the urgency needed, as I have been
reliably awared of your discreetness and ability in
transaction of this nature.

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I
am Mr. Fowler Tunde the General Manager, Risk and
Audit Department of the United Bank For Africa Plc.I
came to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable
and Reputable Person to handle this Confidential
Transaction, which involves the transfer of Huge sum
of Money to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum
Confidence.

THE PROPOSITION:
A Foreigner, an America Citizen, Late Engr. Shinister
Wolfgang , an Oil and Contractor Merchant with the
Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death years
back in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300) Flight KQ431, has a
deposit Current A/C number:14-2558-2004 with us at
United Bank For Africa Plc, and had a closing balance
as at the end of September, 2005 worth US$35,000,
000.00 (Thirty Five Million United State Dollars), the
bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary.
Valuable efforts are being made to the United States
Embassy here by the management of United Bank For
Africa to get in touch with any of the Wolfgang 's
family or relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not
being able to locate any of Late Engr. Shinister
Wolfgang ' s next of kin (He had no wife or children
that is know to us). The Management under the
influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board of
Directors,that arrange has been made for the fund to
be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to
the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further
enhance the course of War in Africa and the World in
General.In order to avert this negative development, I
now seek your permission to have you stand as next of
kin to Late Engr. Shinister Wolfgang so that the fund
US$35Million will be released and paid into your
account as the beneficiary's next of kin. All
documents and proves to enable you get his fund will
becarefully worked out. We have secure from the
probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries, and more so we are assuring you that
this business is 100% Risk Free involvement. Your
share stays while the rest be for myself for
investment purpose.

As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of receipt of
this message in acceptance of our mutual business
proposal, i will furnish you with the necessary
modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both
parties with out any conflict.While replying furnish
me with the following information of yours below:

Your Full Name
Your Full address
Your private fax and phone numbers for easy
communication.
Your occupation/Age

If there is more delay in moving this money out, this
money will be pushed to the Treasury of the bank. I am
willing to share this money with you in the ratio of
25% - 75%. You shall have 25% of the funds and I shall
share the rest with my partner at the bank.

I hope this is a fair sharing? If this proposal is
acceptable by you the reply me through my private
e-mail address:fowles@myway.com . and Please do not
make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you.

Best regards,
From: Mr.John Smith
General Manager,
Risk and Audit Department.
United Bank for Africa Plc.
E-mail:fowles@myway.com



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