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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)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348024741787 (Nigeria, 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.
  • modeccai@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Modeccai Halidu"<modehalidu@myway.com>
Reply-To: modeccai@excite.com
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 04:39:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Business Relationship


Mr Modeccai HaliduBank Of Industry Ltd,Lagos Branch.Reply To Email:{modeccai@excite.com}telephone:+234-802-474-1787

Invitation To Act As Next Of Kin

Dear friend,

This mail may come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to patiently read through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not. I am Mr. Modeccai Halidu, I work with a Reputable Bank in Lagos,Island Province, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I am the personal Account Relation officer to Engr. Mark a national of your country, who is an Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian Mining Corporation, (Name deliberately with held for now) made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, valued at US$18,200,000.00 (Eighteen Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

On June 6, 2002, My customer,his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Zulu express Way Nigeria. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of My customer extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by My customer before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, The investigation Department of my bank where the deceased had an account valued US$18,200,000.00 (Eighteen Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars).Have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $6.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary Informations that can be used to back up any claim we may make. This money(US$18,200,000.00) is still lying in my Bank and the interest isbeing rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. And according to Laws of Republic of Nigeria, at the expiration of 5(five) Years, the money will revert to the ownership of The Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

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 you from any breach of the law. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the bank accredited attorney and my position as personal Account Relation officer to Late Mr.Mark guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.lf you are interested in giving the requiredassistance,kindly reply this mail stating your Telephone/Fax numbers for further action. Because of the secrecy surrounding this transaction, l suggest that you contact me only on Phone or{modeccai@excite.com} Reply immediately to my alternate email: {modeccai@excite.com} for security reasons.

l am looking forward to a favorable reply from you soon. Feel free to ask any question in this regard.

Yours Faithfully, Mr. Modeccai Halidu Chief Accountant Auditor Bank Of Industry Ltd.

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