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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: mrwaziri samb <mrwazirisamb_34@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrwazirisambo_11@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:31:49 +0100
Subject: Partnership Proposal




Dear Sir,

I am making this hoping that you will be willing and capable of handling this proposal.I am Mr Waziri Sambo.an accounts officer with a private firm here in Nigeria.My company handles consultancy and seismographic jobs for oil companies including Texaco, Shell and Conoco oil Companies.

The owner of this company is Mr. Manuel Lim an Asian engineer who lived and did business in Nigeria for over thirty years before his unfortunate death in the Kenyan Airbus off the coast of Abidjan while coming back from Dubai (UAE) in the year 2000.After his death, we the staffs of his company made efforts to trace his family without success because unfortunately he had no known wife or child. The embassy was contacted to trace them but to no avail. The insurance company that Kenyan company contacted to pay compensation to the victims had the same problem so they had to pay the compensation to our company.

As the accounts officer of this company I was opportune to have helped in his financial transaction with his bank. At the time of his demise , he had an excess of Twelve Million Five Hundfred thousand united state dollars (12.5m)in his personal deposit with the Eco Bank of Nigeria plc(EBN).

The Eco Bank has written several times on this issue but I told them to wait that the next of kin of Mr. Lim next of kin is overseas and will contact them. Presently, our company is about to fold because the money paid by Kenyan airlines has been exhausted in paying salaries and other expenses. I want you to assit us by presenting yourself as the next of kin of Mr. Manuel Lim so that the bank will pay the money in your favor into any account, which you will provide. As soon as the money gets into your account, I will come over to your country for sharing and to invest my part in any viable business with your assistance. The mode of sharing will be 25%for you, 70% for us and 5% for expenses and taxation. If you are interested and can handle this transaction,contact me immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Waziri Sambo.
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