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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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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 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.
  • mlaw_mail31@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mike lawson <mlaw_e008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mlaw_mail31@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:35:18 -1100
Subject: CONTACT ME NOW



Dear Friend, How are you today? Hope fine. I am Mr. Mike Lawson, Treasury Manager of Societe Generalle Bank a French owned Banking Organization with it’s head office in Paris and a branch office in Lagos-Nigeria, where I am occupying the above position. A foreign client of ours Mr. Aldo Nicolas, who died as a result of heart attack on 22nd December 2002, 4pm Sunday evening our local time at General Hospital Here in Lagos.Before his death, I assisted him in opening a Fixed Deposit account up to the tune of US$8,500,000.00 (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) with an accrued interest of .02%, payable in every five years (5yrs) , which has not been claimed due the reason the bank has made every effort to locate his relatives all effort proves abortive .

The Board Of Directors of the Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased client over to Suspense Accounts, if no one come for the claim of the Fund from now till October 2007, as a result of this, I am moved to contact you.Considering the fact that you are a foreigner just like my deceased client, I am seeking your co-operation/understanding to present you as Next of Kin to enable us claim this fund from the bank management, since I have every related Information/Documents such as: Fixed Deposit Certificate, Last Will/Testament of late Aldo Nicholas and Death Certificate to immediately forward to you for your perusal, which will enable us make a perfect claim of the fund before the time period given by the Bank elapse.

At the successful claim of this fund you will instruct the bank to wire or transfer it to the nominal account which you are to provide and I shall immediately apply for annual vacation to enable me come over to meet with you and we have the fund shared equally or on agreed percentage which ever way we shall chose.Do get back to me through my alternative email account: mlaw_mail31@yahoo.co.uk, so that I tell you what we are to do to proceed.
Regards, Mike Lawson

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