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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +31644813074 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • nationallawyer2@aim.com
  • maxwelubanko@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: maxwelubanko@aim.com <maxwelubanko01@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:37:07 +0100
Subject: I am contacting you for an investment

I am Mrs Aneka Ubanko of Zimbabwe wife of late Mr Fredrick Ubanko a
a well known farmer but my husband died of hearth attack after the
seizure of all his life times investment in Zimbabwe by the Government
of Robert Mugabe and and this includes his farmes and money in his
account. And my husband lost nearly all to the Government of Robert Mugabe
but I thank God my husband was able to transfer the sum of USD14.5million
through a deplomatic channel means to one of the Security Companies in europe Netherland
before his death and the money is contained in one treasury box
which we made the security to understand that the box are containing
personal effect just fot the security of the fund and my late husband told the
Security Company that the box belongs to one of his customers who will later
contact them for onward transfer of the box to him.

Further, as a matter of importance, please my reason of contacting you,
is that I am honestly in need of your assistance to help me and my
children transfer this money/box to your country for onward investment in
your country for my children upbringing as we are finding a way to leave this
country to settle down there in your country and continue our lives. You may
wonder how I got your address it was seen in one of my husband's file and I am
sure you may be one of our numerous customers and I have every trust in you as
one who knows my late husband and as one who will not sit on the money upon
transfer to your account.

Please as you are intrested to assist me and my children kindly contact my representative Lawyer with
below address for further information,

My Lawyer Address:
Name: barister Richard Morgan
Westerdoksdijk 48
tel:+31-644-813-074
Fax:+31-847-465-672
Email:nationallawyer2@aim.com
1013 AK Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Thanks and God Bless as I urgently await your reply.
Private email address,

maxwelubanko@aim.com
Aneka Ubanko (widow)

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