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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • profcharles21221@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • prof.charles_soludo@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: PROF CHARLES SOLUDO <profcharles21221@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:16:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MSG FROM PROF CHARLES SOLUDO URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL (Justin Thyme)


DEAR JUSTIN,

THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMAIL YOU SENT TO MY OFFICE WITH ALL OF IT CONTENT WELL NOTED.

HOWEVER I WOULD WANT TO WARN YOU TO PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH YOUR DEALING WITH OTHERS AND WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU OF MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS WHICH IS profcharles21221@yahoo.com.

I HAVE JUST RECIEVED INFORMATIONS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO COME IN THE WAY OF OUR TRANSFER AND FOR THAT REASON ON, NO ACCOUNT SHOULD YOU WRITE ME AT prof.charles_soludo@yahoo.com .

I AM BEEN MORNITORED ON THAT VEY EMAIL AND DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO GO WRONG IN THIS TRANSFER.

IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE RAISED US$50,000 FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT WITH US VALUED AT US$25MILLION.

HOW EVER I WOULD WANT YOU TO GO RIGHT AWAY TO THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE AND MAKE THE PAYMENT OF US$5,000 TO THE NAME OF OUR CHIEF ACCOUNTANT WITH THE INFORMATIONS AS STATED BELOW:

MR CHARLES MICHAEL
STATE:LAGOS
COUNTRY:N IGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: WHO SENT THE MONEY?
ANSWER:JUSTIN

THE REASON YOU ARE BEEN ASK TO FORWARD US$5000 IS TO ENABLE US SECURE YOU WITH YOUR CIC CODE NUMBER OF YOUR TRANSFER THEN INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO WIRE THE REMAINING US$45,000 WILL BE ISSUED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.

PLEASE CONFIRM MESSAGE WELL GRANTED AND UNDERSTOOD AS I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IN REGARDS TO THIS EMAIL.

THANKS AND HAVE A NICE DAY,

PROF CHARLES SOLUDO.


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