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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)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • abunyerere2000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: abu nyerere <abu33_33nyerere@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:08:59 +0000
Subject: Looking forward to receiving your urgent reply.



From Hon. Abu Nyerere



My Dear, Please do not be surprised to receive this mail from someone relatively unknown to you. I want you to know that this is no joke or a Spam generated message.

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I find your contact while I was doing private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family .That is why I contacted you.Please view this site below:

http://www.tanemb.se/siasmaish.htmwww.tanemb.se/funeraarr.htm and www.southcentre.org/mwalimu/index.htm

My name is Mr Abu Nyerere, from Tanzania. I am the Son of the Late President of Tanzania,Mwalimu Julius K.Nyerere,who died on Thursday 14th October 1999. My father used his position then to make for himself and us some fortune. My father died after a protracted illness.

I was studying overseas when my father died and I was forced to return for the funeral. His attorney notified me and my family about my father's WILL with his CHAMBERS. When we were going through the will, we discovered that my late father had used his position then to make some money, which he brilliantly transferred and deposited it with a private Security Company here in LOME TOGO, He deposited this consignment as valuables.

The Security Company does not know that this consignment contains cash money, except the attorney and my family.The said security company has differents helping affiliates via diplomat means in some countries such like: London, America,Germany and Dubai. The amount is Eight Three Million, United States Dollars only (USD 83 MILLION).

However, my aim of contacting you is to help us and take this sum into your nominated account in your country or any other part of the world. Secondly, you will also help us look for a profitable investment overseas because we don't have knowledge of international investments. As a result of our present situation, we won't be able to conclude this transaction alone. If you are interested in helping us out, try to indicate your interest inhelping us, not forgetting to include e.g

Your Campany name and Address if any
1) Full Names:
2) Age:
3) Occupation:
4) Address (postal and Physical):
5) 1,2 Page of your int passport
6) Drivers Licence
7) Telephone and Fax (mobil,private,direct line): for easier communication.

I will then furnish you with more details. We have mutually agreed to compensate you with 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% for expenses in the course of the transaction. Then the remaining 70% will remain for my family and me, which you will help us invest.

Be informed that this transaction needs utmost trust and confidentiality. Note also that the transaction attracts no risk on your side hence all the modalities for safe, smooth and successful transaction have been arranged by us (the family). Looking forward to receiving your urgent reply.

Reply to this email:abunyerere2000@yahoo.com
Hon.Abu Nyerere
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