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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:
  • "necessary legal documents" (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. )
  • "huge deposit" (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 us 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348061325453 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • larryuba1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: larry uba <larryuba400@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <larryuba1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:32:50 +0100
Subject: Dear Morgan



Dear Morgan,

I am an accountant with UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. My name is Mr. LARRY.I am the Personal Account officer to Engineer. Christian Morgan,a National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein after shall be referred to as my client On 30th JAN 2000,my client, his wife and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal aircrash on 30th JAN 2000.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ,Where the deceased had an account valued at about($10 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($10 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottle necks we might incure in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law. I would want you to indicate your interest and willingness in this transaction by providing me with the below information:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS
3.TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER
4.AGE
5.OCCUPATION

Call me on my direct phone number +234-806-1325-453 for more clearification on this transaction.

MR Larry Uba.

N/B: PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: larryuba1@yahoo.fr

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