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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • tony_way@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ANITA" <ojodu1@myway.com>
Reply-To: anita_smith_2006@fastermail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:10:10 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CRY FOR HELP!!!


CRY FOR HELP!!!ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM I AM MRS ANITA SMITH, A WIDOW, AND AN EX-WIFE TO LATE MR. SMITS, WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH, ON OCTOBER 2005,BELLVIEW PLANE [Flight 210]. BEFORE HIS DEATH, WE HAD A FAMILY PROBLEM THAT ENDED UP IN DIVORCE, AND BEFORE OUR DIVORCE, I ALREADY HAD TWO CHILDREN FOR HIM, AND STILL HE LEFT ME WITH THE CHILDREN, AND HE NEVER BORDERED TO KNOW HOW WE FEED, OR HOW WE ARE LIVING. SO HE GOT MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN, WHO HAD THREE KIDS FOR HIM. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A STEEL COMPANY, NAMED MDSMITH STEEL COMPANY. ON OCTOBER 2005, HE HAD A PLANE CRASH WITH HIS SECOND WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED SUM OF $15,000.000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. SINCE HE DIED, I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS HIS FUND THAT HE DEPOSITED WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS
PERSONAL ATTORNEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THIS DISCOVERY, I WAS SO SHOCKED, AND AT THE SAME TIME I THANK GOD BECAUSE SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED I NEVER RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM ANYBODY, NONE OF HIS CLOSED AND GOOD FRIENDS SHOWED CONCERN TO KNOW HOW I THE POOR WIDOW AND MY CHILDREN ARE FEEDING, WE WHERE ABANDONED, NO HOUSE, NO WORK, MY CHILDREN ARE NO MORE SCHOOLING BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WE HAVE HERE IN MY COUNTRY. OUR LEADERS ARE SO WICKED AND HEARTLESS, THEY DO NOT CARE FOR THE WIDOWS. I AM SO MUCH IN PAIN AND AGONY, I HAVE PRAYED AND CRIED TO GOD EVERYDAY TO HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY OF A WIDOW, BUT ATLAST HE ANSWERED.NOW THE ATTORNEY MADE ME UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BANK IS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO PUT CLAIMS FOR HIS MONEY AS THE HEIR, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT RELEASE THE FUND FROM HIS ACCOUNT UNLESS SOMEONE WHO IS THE NEXT OF KIN APPLIES FOR CLAIM AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE MY LATE HUSBAND AS INDICATED IN THE BANKING GUIDELINES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAWYER KNOWS THAT I AM
NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS FUND, KNOWING MY CONDITION AND POSITION, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN TO ESCAPE FROM POVERTY AND MOVE AWAY FROM THIS WICKED COUNTRY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING IS A FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP US RECEIVE THIS FUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT, SOMEONE THAT IS CAPABLE AND TRUST WORTHY, WHO WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THIS MONEY.WE NEED TO ACT FAST, OTHERWISE THE FUND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BANKS TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.WE HAVE AGREED THAT OUR RATIO OF SHARING WILL BE AS STATED THUS: 35% FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER,55% FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN AND 10% FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU DURING THE COURSE OF THIS BUSINESS.UPON THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSFER, I AND MY TWO CHILDREN WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR SHARE, AND I WILL INVEST PART OF OUR SHARE THROUGH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY, WE REQUIRE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY A RETURN E- MAIL AND ENCLOSE YOUR PRIVATE CONTACT TELEPHONE
NUMBER, FAX NUMBER FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOUR DESIGNATED BANK COORDINATES TO ENABLE THE ATTORNEY TO FILE LETTER OF CLAIM. TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS FOR NECESSARY APPROVALS BEFORE THE TRANSFER CAN BE MADE. (ATTORNEY) IS IN POSITION TO MAKE THIS TRANSACTION SUCCESSFUL.(tony_way@fastermail.com)NOTE ALSO, THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF ITS NATURE.I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.REMAIN BLESSED.MRS ANITA MIKE N/BPLEASE IT TAKES ME TIME TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SCAM MAIL THAT I DO RECEIVED ALL OVER THE GLOBAL. TRUTH AND TRUST ARE MY WATCHWORDS.

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