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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • direct_drakuobi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "draku obi" <drakobi0051@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: direct_drakuobi@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:24:55 +0100
Subject: immediate Reply Please.

Attn: Please.

I am Dr Aku Obi, an accountant with one of the reputable banks in Nigeria. I
was also an account officer to Mr. Ahsan, a national of your country who was
a contractor with Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company {NLNG}. On 18th May
2003, Mr.Ahsan his wife and their two Children were involved in a car
accident along Kaduna-Abuja express road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I
have been trying to locate any of Mr.Ahsan's extended relatives, but this
has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of
his family hence this proposal to you in other to assist repatriate the
money left behind by late Mr.Ahsan before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by my bank.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years
now I seek your consent and cooperation to present you as the next of kin to
the deceased since you have the same last name with him so that the proceeds
of this account valued at $7.3 million Dollars.(Seven Million Three Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars) will be paid to you and then you and I will
share the money. 60% to me and 40% for you.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. As soon as I
hear from you I will detail you on the procedures of the transaction.

Please endeavour to contact me immediately through my private and
confidential Email Address as indicated here below:
EMAIL:direct_drakuobi@yahoo.fr

Anticipating your cooperation.
Kind regards,
Dr Aku Obi,

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