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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:
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
  • mrsnenebriggs700@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nene briggs <nenebriggs303@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 19:59:05 +0100
Subject: Nene Briggs (Mrs)please reply



Hello My Dear. I am Mrs Nene Briggs,the wife of the late Mr Felix Nuate Briggs of the Movement For The Soveriegn State of Ogoni in Rivers State,the Niger Delta Oil Producing Community Of Nigeria,who was killed along side Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others during the military junta of the late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha.Since the death of my husband,things has not been the same for me and my family. I know we have not met before, but, I am contacting you with due sense of humanity,responsibility and the belive that you will give my proposal a mutual understanding. I am soliciting for your assistance to clear from the finance company and move the sum $14.5million USD to your country for investment.
The fund is presently in a security/finance company for safety purposes since the 12- 2- 2003 It was saved through the security company just to divert pyying eyes. The real content of the box was not declared as it was kept as photographic equipment on deposit. please I need you as a partner to assist in clearing and subsequently transferring the fund in a safe account overseas and to also provide good investment plans for it. The fund will be under your investment control for three years during which only the profit will be shared among us (you and I), 80% for me and 20% for you annually. I am a Christian with the fear of GOD in any thing I do so please I want us to build some kind of trust trust on each other.I will send you all the deposit documents as soon as you indicate your interest to be my partner.Thanks in anticipation of your response.
Please feel free to send an email to me also through this email address: mrsnenebriggs700@yahoo.com
Thanks and God bless.
Nene Briggs (Mrs)
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