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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • maccido_info@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IBRAHIM ALI MACCIDO" <maccido_info1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maccido_info@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 02:53:55 -0700
Subject: ASALAMALEKU

Good day,
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise; but this letter is borne out Of my desire to establish a mutual business Relationship with you, please keep it confidential! I am Mr. Ibrahim Ali Maccidon the son of The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Maccido.
My father died on plane crash include my elder brother Senator Badamoci Maccido its was very mysterious and painful for the entire family, for my late father being the Nigeria's Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the spritual leader of Nigerian muslim to visit such painful death, Please visit the below website to understand my predicament, the kind of death my father and my elder bother visited.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=61829
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_re_af/nigeria_plane_crash
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/29/nigeria.crash/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6096420.stm
As a matter of facts since the disappearance of my father and my elder brother things are not the same again with us, my mother handed over to me a certificate meant for a secret deposit which my father made in Arab bank in London branch. This deposit is worth [US $ 10.000.000.00] ten Million United States Dollars only. And this money is in cash. My father made this deposit
I am seeking for your honest and sincere participation in the retrievement and reinvestment of this money. I cannot do it alone due to my complete ignorance of the business world, more over I am only 27 years old I will give you a negotiable percentage of the principal sum in deposit if you assist me to retrieve and reinvest this money in any profitable area of business in your country. Please, I need your assistance urgently, Contact me through this email address: maccido_info@yahoo.com
God Bless You Thanks you.
Ibrahim Ali Maccido.

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