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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • nestle_foods@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NESTLE FOODS NIG PLC" <nestle_food@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nestle_foods@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:20:05 +0000
Subject: NESTLE FOODS (NIG) PLC "Your Reply"

 
NESTLE FOODS (NIG) PLC

Food Agency Of Nigeria
Head Office Address:Lateef Jakande road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos
Telex : 5211 NESTLE FOODS,NIGERIA .

Greetings,

It is with great respect and honour,We

the Nestle Foods (Nig) Plc brings you

this tradgic announcement of late Mrs

Sandra.W.Huitron,a reliable staff of the

Marketing Department (Nestle Foods Nig Plc)

a citizen of your country,who left behind

the sum of US$400,000,00 (Three Hundred

Thousand Dollars) in a commercial bank

here in Nigeria.

Late Mrs Sandra.W.Huitron died of Malaria

On the 3rd Of May 2005 after sufferiing

in pains for days,her closest family

Husband and Children could not be found

so we decided to search for her relatives

on the internet for Assistance and

Co-operation in claiming the fund out

of the bank.Some of her assets includes

Shares,Jewellries Shop worth over US$110,000,00

(One Hundred,Ten Thousand Dollars) At Maza Maza,Lagos,Nigeria.

If you are related to her Last Name (Huitron)

or anyway connected to her, we advice you

send your kindly response to enable the

bank release this large sum of amount to

you as her next of kin.

We seek for a honest and trustworthy relative

to stand as her next of kin and to claim the

deposited fund as well as her assets here in

Nigeria,You are required to apply and also

show interest so the Federal Government Of

Nigeria will not use her hard earned fund

to pay Nigeria Foreign Debts at the World bank.

If you are interested in standing as late

Mrs Sandra. next of kin,we advice you contact

us as soon as possible so that all processing

will start immedaitely because the bank told

us that as soon as her next of kin applies

the fund will be transferred within 20

Working Days.

We await your kindly response and

some neccessary information of yours,

Thanks and God Bless



Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Jean Louis Chaumeil
Managing Director & Chief Executive
NESTLE FOODS (NIG)

Email: nestle_foods@hotmail.com

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