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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "usmanusman121" <usmanusman121@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:35:28 -0600
Subject: Ref:Financial Adviser.


Financial Adviser.
121 Old ojo road,
Pmb 224 Ikoyi,
Lagos-Nigeria.
Dear friend,
THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF THIS MATTER
Please my name is Usman Jones a financial adviser to David a national of your country.He was an oil merchant here in Nigeria. On the 21st 1997, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Ibadan Express road lagos. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives along with the driver.
Since then I have made several enquiries in his Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives.After these several unsuccessful attempts,as a matter of fact,I decided to trace his relatives over the internet in order to locate any member of his family for a huge sum of fund deposited on his name in an offshore financial company overseas but that was to no avail, hence I decided within myself to contact you as his supposed relative since you are also a foreigner to avoid the offshore company from confiscating the deposit for theirs .
Please, I want you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the UBN Finance company offshore payment centre where these huge deposits were lodged.
He had an deposit valued at about US$12M(Twelve Million US Dollars)and now the finance company has issued me an urgent notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account freezed within the next ten official working days.
This was the last fund moved by my late claim to the offshore payment company of UBN for sefety by the oil merchant shortly before the autocrash that took his life and all in the car.This was as a result of the conflict emulated from the annulled june 12 presidential election by the military dictatorship Gen.Ibrahim Babangida which resulted to the death of many people in Nigeria even chief Moshood K.O Abiola that won the presidential race.
GO THROUGH; topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/moshood_k_o_abiola/index.html?s=oldest& - 42k )
Since, I have succeeded in locating you today as his relative,I hereby seek your consent to present you as well as use your name and particulars apply as the next of kin to the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account deposit valued at US$12M can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money at last or invest with it for a profitable venture in your country, 50% to me and 50% to you.To present you as the next of kin will pose no difficulty as there is no risk involved hence i am the one presenting you officially.
I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up our claim.
1. The Death Certificate
2. Letter of Administration
3. Sworn Affidavit
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this business proposal to you is 100% real and will be executed under a legitimate arrangement without any problem at all.
Please get in touch with me via my secured and confidential email address while you forward to me the following informations immediately you receive this message so that I will give you further details if you are interested and ready to work with me .
1.. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO MAKE THE CLAIM...
2...YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR URGENT CONTACT BY ME..
3...YOUR OCCUPATION AND YOUR AGE..
Remember to include your own private or mobile cell phone with which I can equally reach you.
Anticipating your prompt response.
Yours Sincerely,
Financial Adviser..
Jones Usman..

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