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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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 united states 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • musaibra12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Musa Ibrahim" <musaibra0008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: musaibra12@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:59:28 +0100
Subject: LETS WORK TOGETHER , YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
No #23 Marina Lagos, Nigeria
>From The Desk Of:, Musa Ibrahim,
Private Email, musaibra12@yahoo.com






Dear Friend,

Good Day

With Warm Heart I Offer My Friendship, And Greetings, And I Hope This Mail
Meets You In Good Time. However Strange Or Surprising This Contact Might
Seem To You, As We Have Not Meet Personally Or Had Any Dealings In The Past,
I Humbly Ask That You Take Due Consideration Of Its Importance And Immense
Benefit.

It Is My Pleasure To Write And Inform You, That You Were Chosen To Act As
Next Of Kin To LATE Raymond Beck. But Be Rest Assured That Your Contact
Particulars Was Given To Me after A Due Search, For A Reliable And Capable
Foreigner That Will Handle Confidentially A Transfer Of Huge Sum Of Money
>From UNION BANK OF NIGERIA To A Foreign Bank Account. The Deal In Details:

A Foreigner, LATE Raymond Beck Was An Oil Merchant/Contractor With The
Federal Government Of Nigeria And Resides Here In Nigeria Not Until His
Untimely Death Six-Year Ago In Ghastly Plane Crash. (LATE Raymond Beck) Who
Perished In The Plane Crash Of OCTOBER 31, 1999 {With Egyptian Airline 990}
With Other Passengers Aboard As You Can Confirm It Your Self At This
WebPages:
Http://Www.Bromike.Com/Departed/Egypt.Html

He Had A Deposit Of (US$32,000,000.00) THIRTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS, Here With The UNION BANK OF NIGERIA Before His Death On OCTOBER 31,
1999. I Am His Accountant Officer At The Union Bank, And Till Now Nobody
Has Serviced This Account Or Shown Up For His Money Since After His Death
Till Date. Although, Efforts Have Been Made By The Bank Managements To Get
In Touch With His Next Of Kin Or Any Of His Relations,

But All To No Avail (He Had No Children Or Any Relative To Stand As The Next
Of Kin). It Is On This Note Some Top Officials Of UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, Who
Are Fully Aware Of The Incident Resolved And Asked Me To Find And Negotiate
With A Trust Worthy Foreigner Who Is Willing To Assist, And Act As The Next
Of Kin To The LATE Raymond Beck, This Sum Of Money Is Now Kept In The
DECEASED ACCOUNT Of The Union Bank, Please Understand That This Money
(US$32,000,000.00) When Transferred Into Your Account Will Be Shared With
The Ratio Of:

1) 40% To You As The Chosen Next Of Kin And Account Owner,
2) 50% For My Colleagues And I,
3) 10% Will Be Mapped Out For The Balance Of Every Expenses Made Local Or
International During This Transaction.

This Transaction Is 100% Risk Free, For We Have Concluded Every Arrangement
To Safeguard You In This Transaction. Therefore, If You Wish To Assist Us,
Hasten Up And Send The Following Information’s To Enable Us Effectively
Process The Necessary Document For Smooth Transfer Into Your Account, As To
Be Nominated By You As The Next Of Kin To LATE Raymond Beck. You Are
Urgently Required To Send To Me. The Name To Be Used In Changing The
Existing Next Of Kin At The Bank. Your Bank Name And Address, Where The
Money Will Be Transferred, Your Account Name And Account Number Which Will
Be Use, Your Private Telephone And Fax Number For Fast And Safer
Communication.

I Know We Have Never Met Or Entered Into Any Kind Of Transaction With You
Before As To Know The Extent Of Your Trust And Honesty. But Based On The
Recommendation, I Personally Want To Believe That You Will Not Sit On The
Money If It Finally Gets To Your Account. It Is On This Note I Consider It
Proper To Write And Ask For Your Consent, And Permission To Support The
Transfer Into Your Account. Please, For Security Reasons Acknowledge The
Receipt Of This Latter By Mailing Back Through My Private E-Mail Address.

Finally To Enable Me Obtain Some Documents On Your Behalf As The True
Beneficiary Of The Fund, Your Advice To Send These Information’s Below.
1) Your Full Name And Address
2) Your Age/ Occupation / Gender
3) Your Telephone And Fax Number For Easy Communications.

All This Information Will Enable Me Make The Change From Our Central Compute
On Your Favor As The True Existing Next Of Kin To My Late Client Mr. Raymond
Beck.

Await Your Urgent Response.
Yours Sincerely,
Musa Ibrahim,
Private E-Mail; musaibra12@yahoo.com

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