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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • mauricejohnsson20@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MAURICE JOHNSSON <mauricejohnsson22@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 05:36:18 -0600
Subject: thanks



Dear Friend, I am making this contact with you in good faith. I got your email address from the Foreign Department in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office. I am working with the Standard Trust Bank Limited,Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to ask for your assistance to provide your bank account where we can successfully secure the sum of $10.5 million (ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars). For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in Nigeria and his name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of kuzito fisheries Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Oshodi expressway, Isolo here in Lagos now have been taken over by Government of Nigeria because nobody came for this company after the death of Mr. Toshio. This man died in a plane crash in 1999 together with his wife here in Nigeria.He was banking with my bank and I’m his accounting officer.However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I have been trying to contact any of his relative in the city of Osaka, his home country Japan through his address with me, to let his people know about his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. I later remembered that Mr. Toshio came to my country out of shame he was receiving from his country because he was impotent. This secret he revealed to me when he was alive because I pestered him to introduce his children to me. Now I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr.Toshio next of kin in order to claim the money he deposited here as Fixed Solid Investment since nobody knew about it. Government of my country will pay it to Federal Reserve if I should declare to them about this fund. Note that there is no risk involved in this ansaction, as I will give you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking relationship with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal banking process only that you have to stand firm asthe next of kin to Mr. Toshio just to claim this money. I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if you are interested and capable to carry out this dealwith me, contact me on phone 234-1-886283 or email me {mauricejohnsson20@yahoo.com}. I will require the following formation from you for procession of the fund in your favor1. Your private phone and fax number 2. Your account information where this fund will be paid into. 3. Your home address. I personally need your home address because I do not know you too well before now only that I decided to work with you on trust believing God that you will not cheat on me. Note that we can conclude this transaction within 2 weeks upon your compliance in applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you. I will give you $2.5million after we conclude this transaction. Be duly informed that I will be resigning from this banking work to come over to your country after the transfer of this fund to your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I will have enough money for any kind of business after this transaction. You need not to be afraid because in as much as I would want my reputation protected, I would also want yours to also be protected. I’m waiting for your urgent response. Best regards, Mr. MAURICE JOHNSSON

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