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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:
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • uba01@myway.com
  • unitedbankforafrica1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Desmand Duke" <duke1desmond@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:33:37 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
BANKERS LAYOUT P.O.BOX 1313
FCT ABUJA NG.
MAIL:uba01@myway.com

Dear Sir,

I am the Auditor and Accounts Operations Manager of UnitedBank For Africa
(U.B.A) Plc. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of
$26.000.000.00 (TWEENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) in an accountthat belongs to
one of our foreign customers (Morris Thompson) who diedalong with his entire
family in February 2000 in a plane crash. For more information about the
crash visit this site:www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his money. Unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation that died alongside with him in the plane
crash.His younger brother was killed by hired assassin.please indicate your
interest to assist me in converting this money for our mutual benefit .

Please do contact me through my private mail for more information and
partnership ahead.in this deal.(MAIL:unitedbankforafrica1@myway.com).

Best regards,
Dr.Desmond Duke.
(United Bank for Africa (U.B.A Plc)

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