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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • musa_ali006@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: jones lee <jonesl_ee@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:53:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Refinance your Home Loan and Save


Dear Friend,
I am Engr Musa Ali , ,
the Presidential Adviser on Petroleum Matters and Energy Matters,
My message to you is based on some money that floated into the
Government treasury due to the recent boom in the International
Oil Market. The Federal Government of Nigeria budgeted US$18.00 per barrel in
last Year budget, but the price was changed in the international oil
market where a barrel was sold between US$28-US$35.00.
We recorded Excess gain, and all these could not be accounted for,
hence some executive members in the Petroleum Ministry decided to
take away the sum of US$10,200,000.00, (Ten Million, Two Hundred
thousand United States Dollars) to an offshore account of a foreign
National or company.
Please I got your contact early last year when I visited Aruba, and I
am not contacting you because we cannot do this business on our own
successfully, but because we are not allowed to operate foreign
accounts as civil servants, that is why we are looking for a foreigner
we can use and knowing fully well that as a white man, the movement
of the fund will raise no doubt that is why we have decided to contact
you.
If you are interested to assist us, please let me have your personal
telephone, fax and email address, so that I can furnish you with
further details on the modalities of the transfer of the fund into
your bank account.
Please you are advised to keep this matter to your self, as we do not
want it to be exposed in order not to jeopardize our chances of
succeeding.
Let it be known to you that this transaction is hundred percent risks
free and your security has been well taken care off. If
you are interested in this transaction, send me a email to
musa_ali006@yahoo.ca for further clarifications.
Best regards.
Engr.Musa Ali



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