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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 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.
  • felixabua1000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Felix Abua" <felixabua0107@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: felixabua@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:14:19 -0500
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT

LETTER OF INTENT

Dear Hansen

I am making this contact in good faith.I am felix Abua,(LLB),
principal partner of Kelly's Chambers,London, United Kingdom.l am the personal
attorney to an expatriate Engr. Lee Michael Hung with a multinational
Oil Development Company, who died in an auto crash in South Norwood
Highway,London on the 21st of April 1999.He deposited the sum of Ten
Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars in his fixed deposit
account with a bank, here in London.All efforts to reach his relatives
have proved abortive after his death, following the notification from
his bank to present his beneficiary or his account will be declared dormant
and unclaimed based on the Bank policy.

This mandate compels me to present any of the family's relatives of my
late client to his bank.l have contacted you to assist in the
claim/transfer of this money to you. I will prepare every necessary
documentation as proof ,furnish you with adequate information about my
late client that will back you up in this claim and l shall provide all
legal services to warrant the release of this money to you within 10
working days after l must have filed in for claim in your favour.

l am highly delighted and willing to work with you in this matter and
will appreciate if you will acknowledge your interest by forwarding your
full names, home address telephone and fax numbers to enable me apply to his
bank for commencement. A copy of my application letter will be sent to
you for your view, update and documentation.You shall be entitled to 45%,I
look forward to your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely,
felix Abua  

EMAIL felixabua1000@yahoo.com

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