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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
• 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.
  • abaniwilliam_5@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "abaniwilliams_3@terra.es" <abaniwilliams_3@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:41:22 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: INHERITANCE


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is WILLIAM ABANI ,22years old from Dafur,Sudan,North Africa.My father,mother,brothers and sisters were all killed during the Sudan Crisis.Already,over 220,000 people have been killed and over two million people including men,women and children were rendered homeless

Right now,i am Accra,the capital city of Ghana as a refugee at the Bujubura Refugee Camp here in Accra,Ghana.Before the death of my father,he was a Gold and Diamond merchant in North and West Africa.

But before the death of my father,he deposited US$14.5Million in a trunk box as Family Valuables at a Security Company in Ghana and named me as the Next-of-kin being the eldest son

What i want you to do is to help me claim and receive this funds in your name as my foreign beneficiary in areas of investment in your country.

For your help and assitance,i will offer you 35% of the total sum(US$14.5Million),60% will be for me and while 5% will be set aside for any miscellenous expenses which may come up during the cause of this transaction but you must keep this transaction STRICKLY CONFIDENTIAL because i dont want anybody in Africa to know that my late father deposited such amount in my name as family valuables.

After receiving the funds on my behalf,you will make arrangement for me to leave Africa to come to your country and start a new life.

Please get back to me with your direct telephone number throgh my private Email adress:abaniwilliam_5@yahoo.com
God Bless,
William Abani.






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