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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:
  • "from the desk of" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • abbas02@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SANNI ABBAS" <sanni001@marsool.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:28:48 +0300
Subject: PLEASE REPLY URGENT


FROM THE DESK OF
MR SANNI ABBAS
ECO BANK PLC.
DEAR SIR,
PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I WISH TO BESTOW THIS MUTUAL TRUST ON YOU, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WILL NOT IGNORE
OR BETRAY. I ALSO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS LETTER MAY
CAUSE YOU.MY NAME IS MR.SANNI ABBAS, A BANKER AND ACCOUNTANT WITH ECO BANK HERE
IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. I AM THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS MANAGER TO ENGR.JONATHAN CAMACHO,
A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO USED TO WORK WITH AN OIL SERVICING COMPANY HERE
IN NIGERIA. MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE
ILL FATED KENYA AIRWAYS CRASH IN THE COASTS OF ABIDJAN IN JANUARY 2000 IN WHICH
ALL PASSENGERS ON BOARD DIED.
SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY
CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES BUT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACE IF I COULD LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I
CONTACTED YOU. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS THIS HUGE DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK HERE
IN, WHERE THE DECEASED HAS AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT ABOUT (USD$ 10.5 MILLION US
DOLLARS).
THEY HAVE ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR THE BANK WILL DECLARE
THE ACCOUNT UN SERVICEABLE AND THEREBY SEND THE FUNDS TO THE BANK TREASURY.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS NOW, I WILL SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE
DECEASED,SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT (USD$ 10.5 MILLION US
DOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THE MONEY.
ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL THROUGH.
I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER ALL LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT
WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS WITH ME,
REACH ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS(abbas02@sify.com) AND
PLEASE INCLUDE FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH AND YOUR PHONE NUMBERS FOR
MORE DISCUSSIONS.
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION,
MR SANNI ABBAS.
[Please reply to abbas02@sify.com]


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