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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:
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • uromi_robert99@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Albert Giggs <albert@albertgiggs.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:56:55 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Attention


Attention

I am Mr.Uromi Robert an accountant with Eco bank Nigeria plc, Lagos-Nigeria.I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my colleagues and my self as a matter of fact, I got your contact from a close associate of mine who works with the Nigeria chamber of commerce and industry .He gave me the assurance that you can be trusted to handle a transaction of this magnitude.

A prosperous businessman and a foreign contractor to shell oil Development Company here in Nigeria. Mr. Antony citizen of your country had in our Bank the sum of us$18m in a domiciliary account. He named his wife, as the next of kin. Unfortunately, two of themwere involved in a recent motor accident along Lagos/Abeokuta express road.

Effort had been made by the management of my Bank through the Your Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased relatives but to no avail, as we were made to understand that the couple had no child owing to the skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.

The option left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank in order to avoid this development, my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a distant relative to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony so that the funds will be released to you.
All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully worked out on our receiving your consent to this proposal, we would immediately obtain for an order of mandamus from the Federal High court of justice on your behalf recognizing you as a bonafide relative to the deceased and subsequent apply for the release of the funds to you as the beneficiary,through the central Bank of Nigeria.
May I assure you that this transaction is 100 % risk free as we have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch free transaction. To this effect my colleagues and

I have agreed to compensate you with 30% of the total sum US$18m for your kind assistance i.e. provisions of a nominated foreign account to accommodate the fund for us.

I will like you to forward your telephone and fax numbers for further
correspondence.through this email addresses uromi_robert99@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Mr. Uromi Robert

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