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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • abbaomar@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Abba Umar" <abbaumar4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abbaomar@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:00:01 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

AFRICAN PETROLEUM PLC
WEST AFRICAN,
E-mail: abbaomar@myway.com

Dear

It is such a pleasure for me to contact you and with respect, I am Dr. ABBA
UMAR former managing Director of African Petroleum {AP}. I was appointed to
head the Oil marketing Company in 1991. Having handed over to my successor
and subsequent embarkment on privatisation. There are some concealment of
funds from a Finance House, an external auditors which conducted due
diligence for the Bureau for public Enterprises {BPE} on AP, prior to it's
Privatisation.

Dear, my account is being investigated by Government appointed commission. I
want you to assist me secure some money into your company's account or
private account to avoid been seized by my government. The sum is $25m
{twenty five million United States dollars }and I will gladly compensate you
with 15% after the deal is done. I cannot deposit the fund in any account
with my name.

This is urgent and I need your assistance. Can you assist me? Right now the
money is in the Finance House

Thank you while I wait for your reponse.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. ABBA UMAR

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