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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:
  • "i will like you to " (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • ali_dangong16@yahoo.com
  • ali_dangong16@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALI DANGO" <ali_dangong009@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ali_dangong03@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:44:53 -0600
Subject: OMAN

ALI DANGO,
Old Ojo Rd.,
Lagos, Nigeria,
West-Africa.


Dear ,

It is indeed sad for me writting this letter to you, which I believe will be
a suprise to you considering the fact that we are total strangers. I am ALI
DANGO, an accountant and also a consultant. I was the personal accountant to
Late Engr.Oman Oman who died with his family in a concord jet crash on their
way to a cruise in July 2000. Please click here below for verification.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Before the death of my late client who was a contractor with oil servicing
companies and also pioneered large scale textile, and edible oil industries
in Africa, he made a fixed deposit for twelve months,valued at
USD$12,000,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS) in a bank here in Nigeria.

Recently, the bank gave me a notice to provide them with the next-of-kin to
my late client. Their request is not feasible because I know fully well that
the wife of my client was the next-of-kin in all his official
documents,including his bank deposits and she was a victim of the crash.

This sum of USD$12,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year.If no one comes forward for the claims,it will be forfieted. The
account will be permanently closed,and the proceeds put in the bank's
treasury.

My proposal to you is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to
Engr.Oman. In essence, I seek your consent torepresent the next of kin to
the deceased (since the supposed next of kin is dead), so that the deposit
in this account valued at $12 million USD can be paid to you, and
eventually, you and I can share the money. I will help you to secure all
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim. It might
sound unethical, but I want to donate majority of it into charity, as well
as helping the less priviledged instead of forfeiting this huge sum of money
that can touch and save many lives. It is worth doing to invest in humanity
and leave a legacy.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. As a pre-requisite, the following are needed:
1)I want you to provide your full name & address,tel and fax numbers,so that
we can commence.
2)A convenient bank account in any part of the world, to facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the next-of-kin(beneficiary).

When the money is paid into your nominated account, the sharing mode will be
in the ratio of 60% to me, and 40% to you for your anticipated co-operation.
No risk is involved, considering the fact that it will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the
law. All I require is your trust, willingness, capability to handle this
transaction, and your honest cooperation to see this deal through.

If this is acceptable, contact me immediately. Upon your response, I will
commence. I also wish to use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the
utmost indulgence to keep this issue extraordinarily confidential, no matter
your decision.

THIS SHOULD BE BETWEEN YOU AND I ONLY. PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY
PRIVATE EMAILADDRESSES: ali_dangong16@yahoo.com , ali_dangong16@myway.com

I await your urgent reply.

ALI DANGO.

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