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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrdaveok12@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: daveok@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:12:00 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?How=20is=20the=20office=2Cvery=20urgent?=

FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVE OKORO
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
57,MARINA ST
LAGOS.

Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country.

I am Mr. Dave Okoro, the Branch Manager of United Bank for Africa Plc Marina
branch Lagos. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of
this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you
come by as a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our investigation
and no one is

informed of this communication. I know you would be wondering why I am writing
you with a request such as this but I only urge you to read on.

Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Glen Hatleberg made
a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at large
amount (Amount withheld for known reasons) in my branch. Upon maturity,
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address in America but got
no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
his contract employers, Shell Oil Corporation that Mr. Glen Hatleberg died
alongside his wife, from an airplane crash.


Further proof of the death of Mr. Glen Hatleberg is in the following web
pages for

you to make confirmations and further research about his death:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html
http://html.thenewmexicochannel.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-20000201-133854.html


Since then I have made several inquiries to his embassy to locate any of
his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful After these several
unsuccessful attempts,I hence propose that I will like you as a foreigner
to stand

in as the next of kin to Mr. Glen Hatleberg so that the fruits of this old
man's labour will not be confiscated by our bank or get into the hands of
some corrupt government officials in this country.

The banking guidelines of United Bank for Africa PLC stipulates that if
such money remained unclaimed for over a period of time with the account
unserviceable the money will be confiscated as unclaimed funds if nobody
comes for the money,Since i have not seen any body for the claim of this
money and his property for the last six years .I have decided to track your
name on the internet as foreigner and a friend so that this fund will be
transfered into your account for us to share together so that i can invest
my share of this fund in any good business in your country.

To avoid misunderstanding at the end of the transaction,I want you to confirm
to me,your acceptance of a 40% share of the total fund,while 5% will be
set aside for the expenses that will be incurred in the course of the transaction,then
55% for me.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us.I awaits your urgent response so
as to furnish you with a more comprehensive detail of this transaction.You
will be required to send a letter of application to the bank for the release
of this fund to you as the beneficiary to the deceased.

My position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of
this transaction. I urge you to indicate your interest by forwarding your
:Full Names/Address/Occupation and Your Direct Mobile Phone Number to My
private E-mail: mrdaveok12@myway.com

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Yours Sincerely,


Mr. Dave Okoro.

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