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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.
• 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.
  • umaabbas_ub1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UMA ABBAS <umaabbas_ub@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:50:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Bank Transfer-if interested.


Dear sir,

I know this 'll come you to as a surprise,anyway i am UMA UBA, a Ghanain of 53years old, presently the branch manager of GCB Bank,Takuradi branch I write to solicit for your permission ,If you will sincerely and honoestly accummodate the sum of 17. 500m usd, (Seventeen million, five Hundred thousand,usd ) in your account?

The money in question belongs to our bank client who died in a car accident and since i 've been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for several years now. Conseqently,The Central Bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or will have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.

If interested Provide me with following things .

1)Your full name

2)Your contact Address

3)Your private phone or mobile number for easy communicating.


I will have, 55% at the end of the transcation ,while you 40% will be yours and expenses 5% during the process of tansaction. contact me on my private email addresss:umaabbas_ub1@yahoo.com


UMA UBA,

(Manager GCB Takuradi)


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