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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)
  • "your urgent reply" (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)
• 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.
  • rjclasonic@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Robert J Clarkson" <rjclasonic2001@myway.com>
Reply-To: rjclasonic@myway.com
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:55:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Read and let me know.


Dear Friend. Compliment of the day, in brief, my name is Mr. Robert J Clarkson. I am the Bank Manager of Swiss capital bank PLC London Branch.On Feb 6, 2004, Mrs. Stella Obasanju, the late wife of President Olusegun Obasanju of the Federal Republic of Nigerian made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty- five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to her forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I now discovered from the CNN NEWS that Mrs. Stella Obasanju died when doing a surgery last year in Spain. I have therefore made an investigation and discovered that Mrs. Stella Obasanju did not declare any kin or relations in all her official documents, including her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum. No one will ever come forward to
claim it, because she did not disclose about the fund to anybody. However, I would like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to late Mrs. Stella Obasanju, so that the fund can be paid to you for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you, Thereafter I will visit your country for the mutual sharing between both of us. In view of this, I got your contact in my country's trade journal after which I was convinced to contact you and introduce this business to you as a Foreigner. If you are interested, forward your information below for more details and for us to proceed. 1) Your full name2) Direct phone number for easy communication.3) Your direct address. This transaction is 100% risk free, and it will be finalize in 5 or 6 working days. Awaiting your urgent reply via my private email: rjclasonic@myway.com. Thanks and regards. Mr. Robert J Clarkson.

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