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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:
  • "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• 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.
  • akumeosamuzua@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Akume Osamuzua <akumeosaz17@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <akumeosamuzua@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:20:15 -0400
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED



PLEASE ACCEPT ME AND SAVE MY FAMILY

My names are Osamuzua Akume younger brother to late Pius Akume .I am a native of Ajani in Bayelsa State Nigeria. My elder brother Pius is one of the Militant of Niger-Delta here in Nigeria (please note that this organization is a volunteer group that opposes the Federal Government of Nigeria because of their failure to help or provide the basic amenities for the inhabitant of the Niger-Delta).

My brother was killed in a bloody encounter between the militant (the Niger-Delta group) and Nigerian army in which nine of them were killed .The federal government now decided to seize all my brothers valuables both home and abroad and other eight among the victims.

But due to my brother’s intention to move from Nigeria to Europe for safety, deposited money in Europe, the name of bank and country deposited shall be withheld for security reasons until we come to agreement.

Thus all I want from you is your assistant to get the money out of the bank because I don’t want to present my identity due to we are under surveillance here in Nigeria. All documents regarding to transfer will be change to your with the help of our family Attorney a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and is a hinge free process and hope you are not going to betray me.

Please you can reach through my private e-mail address: akumeosamuzua@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Yours truly,

Osamuzua Akume
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