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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • mercyadekunle@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MERCY ADEKUNLE <mercyadekunlene@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mercyadekunle@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:39:54 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY.



My Friend,
I am sorry to encroach in your privacy, please permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mercy George Adekunle, I am the eldest daughter of late engr. George Adekunle, I am 22 years old and a final year students of mathematics in the university of Ibadan.I lost both parents in a plane crash on the 7th of may 2003 in the city of Kano, Nigeria. My late father engr. George Adekunle was the then Area Manager of petroleum pipeline marketing cooperation (PPMC) before his death. He was a wealthy man, and infact a model. Before his death, he had about 3 petrol station and numerous properties in the country. But after his death, his family member teamed up and sold all his properties both fixed and current, and now we are left with nothing. About two weeks ago, my father?s personal lawyer, Thomas Emoson (SAN) contacted us and made us understand that my late father has some amount of money to the tune of ($4.8 million usd), Four million Eight hundred thousand United State Dollar in a suspense account in a finance house in London. He went further to say that he has the legal power as my fathers attorney to release all documents that will enable us make claims of the fund, but that the only problem we will have is that we will have to look for an honest, God fearing foreigner who will act as my fathers partner in business so as to make claims of the fund. Consequently, I also intend to donate part of this fund to the motherless babies and orphanage once we are able to claim the fund because as an orphan I have suffered so much, and I know what it takes for one to stay without parents. This is the reason why I decided to seek for your assistant and cooperation to help us make claims of my Late father property. As soon as I receive your positive response, I will inform my father?s lawyer so that he can reach you and explain what is expected of you in this matter. I urgently await your response via my private email address: mercyadekunle@myway.com


Thanks

Mercy Adekunle
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