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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)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million 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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cotonou" (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.
  • amalla_agulu_2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jamesmike88@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:09:37 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20=20RESPONSE=20=20IS=20NEEDED?=

FROM JAMES MIKE.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
BANK OF AFRICA,
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC.

CONTACT ME WITH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS(amalla_agulu_2007@yahoo.co.uk)
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MR AMALLA AGULU. A BANKER BY PROFESSION ANDCURRENTLY A DIRECTOR
WITH BANK OF AFRICA COTONOU BENINREPUBLIC BRANCH.

I GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN MY
SEARCH FOR A REPUTABLE AND RELIABLE PERSON TO HELP MECLAIM THE SUM OF UD
$18 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARSCAN BE RLEASED TO YOU AND THEN YOU AND
I CAN SHARE THE
MONEY,50% FOR ME 45% FOR YOU AND THE REMAINING 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES AND
TAX.THE FUNDS IS DEPOSITED IN OURBANK BY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER WHO DIE WITH
THE WIFE AND
TWO CHILDREN ON THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL 2003 IN A CAR CRASH ALONG NOVESSEL
ROAD.

SINCE HIS DEATH NO ONE HAS COME UP AS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND ALL OUR EFFORTS
TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAS PROVE ABORTIVE THAT WAS
WHY I DECIDED TO SEE IF I CAN GET ANYBODY WHO HAS THE SAME SURNAME OR LAST
NAME WITH HIM VIA INTERNET PREFERABLY
SOME ONE OF THE SAME NATIONALITY WITH HIM WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ALL THE
QUALITIES WE NEED.

WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU IS TO PRESENT YOU TO OUR BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN
TO OUR DECEASED COSTUMER HE WAS A DRILLING CONTRACTOR WITH SOME OIL COMPANIES
HERE IN
WEST AFRICA,BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME SURNAME/LAST NAME WITH HIM AND HE
IS FROM THE SAME COUNTRY WITH YOU.

SO IT WILL BE MORE ACCEPTABLE AND WISER TO PRESENT YOU
THROUGH PAPER WORK TO THE BANK FOR THE CLAIM OF THE TOTAL FUND.

I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE BANK MAY REQUEST
FROM YOU AND FOLLOW UP THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS AN
INSIDER.IT WILL INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT I AND MY PARTNERS HAS BEEN KEEPING
OUR EYES ON THIS FUNDS AND HAS PUT THE ACCOUNT BLIND AND COVERED TO THE
PUBLIC BY KEEPING THE ACCOUNT
DORMANT TO ENABLE OUR PLANS FOR THE FUNDS TO COME THROUGH AND THIS IS THE
TIME AND WE ARE HAPPY TO LOCATE YOU FOR THE PERFECTION OF THE TRANSFER OF
THE FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT TO Be GIVEN.

AS SOON AS I GET YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE I WILL UPDATE YOU ABOUT THE MODE
OF DISBURSEMENT AND WE WILL ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INVESTING IN YOUR COUNTRY
AS A WAY
OF HELPING YOU PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS FUNDS
.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT RESPONSE BY UPDATING ME WITH YOUR DIRECT
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.

PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL;amalla_agulu_2007@yahoo.co.uk)
FOR DETAILS OF THE BUSINESS.

YOURS SPECIALLY
Mr JAMES MIKE.

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