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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)
  • "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.
  • okadams@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adamsokeke20@terra.es" <adamsokeke20@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:26:16 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Dear Friend,



From the desk of: Adams Okeke
Union Bank Nigeria(UBN)
11 Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island.
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Adams Okeke,Branch Manager with Union Bank Nigeria(UBN)
I am writing this letter to ask for your support and
cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of ($25.5million u.s. dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Engineer
David Saxton who died in the Ikeja bomb blast of the January 27, 2002
my client, his wife, and their two children were involved in Ikeja
bomb blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the
bomb blast.

Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to
come over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot
release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as
the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. Unfortunately, neither theirfamily member nor distant
relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.

Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department
have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount
into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or
discovered his maintained account with our bank, 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; 30 % for you
as foreign partner, 65 % for us the officials in my department and 5 %
for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred during
the course of this business.

Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my
colleagues will come to your country for our share. It is from our 65
% we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a
way of recycling the fund.

To commence this transaction, 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 to enable us file
letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals
before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because
of its nature. Alternative Email:okadams@latinmail.com

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Adams Okeke

For confirmation, please refer to the links below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worald/africa/2698081.stm
http://www.worldsocialist-cwi.org/index2.html?/eng/2002/02/02.html








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