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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:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • hassanabu002@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hassan Abu" <hassan_abu001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hassanabu002@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:42:44 +0100
Subject: Kindly Assist!!!

Hello,
I am the personal assistant to the wife of the President of Nigeria Chief
Mrs. Stella who died in a Spanish hospital on Saturday 22nd October 2005.
She has since been buried.

This might come to you as a surprise for the fact that the death of my Boss
is still fresh in all living memories in Nigeria, but I have to do this
because if I don't, some thing might go wrong with the estate and I don't
want to regret in future why I did not act fast. So try to understand me. I
feel deeply distressed about her death but I must
act fast now.

On the 19th of October 2005,shortly before she left for Spain for surgary,
She gave me the sum of $9.5m cash which she instructed me to Deposit with a
bank in Lagos. In the name of a foreign nationale. This name happens to
correspond with yours. And since she has not collected the documents from me
before she travelled and died in Spain. I have the documents with me. No one
else has the information and I signed the deposit slip. So I can Change it
with the bank if the name presented to the bank looks alike. I can easily
claim it was a minor oversight.
Since I still have the documents and no one else knows about it. I wantto
quickly use your name and particulars to replace the existing one with the
bank for the purpose of transfering the fund to your account immediately.

I will like to do this immediately if you are willing to co-operate with me
.If you are interested, just respond to me immediately to my alternative
email address(hassanabu002@yahoo.com) and I will give you the details of how
you can receive the funds in a couple of days.

Looking forward to your immediate response.
Thank you.
Hassan Abu.

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