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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • ota_ogie10002007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: otaota_ogie 2007 <otaotaogie2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 05:09:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FAVOUR


I am Mr. Ota Ogie, I am the Manager in the
Department of accounts division, Equitorial Trust Bank
Limited, Lagos- Nigeria. On December 30th 2002, one of
our high profile patrons Mr. Harley Scott made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, for twelve calendar
months in my Bank Branch.Upon Maturity, we sent a
routine notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers he was
aboard
the, Boeing 727 Beirut-bound charter Jet which crashed
on take
off on December 26th 2003, see the below link for read
more news about
the
aircrash:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
After
further inquest, it was discovered that he died
without making a WILL
and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved
futile. On further
inquisition, it was discovered that Late Mr. Harley
Scott did not
declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents,
including
his Bank Deposit paperwork here at the Bank. The total
sum
is US$6.5M still in my bank and the interest is being
rolled over with
the principal sum at the end of each year. I want to
present you as the
next of kin to this funds so that it will be paid to
you for our mutual
benefit.
The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent
for
me, thirty five percent for you and five percent for
any arising
contingencies during the course of this transaction.I
guarantee that
this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that will protect
us from any breach of the law or any legal plight, as
I will use my
position in the bank to secure approvals and guarantee
the successful
execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your extreme
discretion is required. If this interests you, please
reply me directly
by my private email:ota_ogie10002007@yahoo.com. And indicate your full
name,
your address, Date of Birth, Sex, profession,Your
contact Telephone and
fax numbers respectively. Upon receipt of your
response, I will prepare
a Text of Application you will send to my Bank
Headquarters for
payment approval in your favor.
I await your urgent reply.
Best
regards,
Mr. Ota Ogie


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