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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • uchechambers113@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uche chambers <barruche_chamber1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:41:16 +0100
Subject: Can I give you this trust



Dear Sir/madam,

Please accept my apology for contacting you this way, I got you contact from Internet during my desperate search for a reliable partner. I am Uche Henry Chief Internet Researcher in one of the African Leading Banks. Why i contacted you is because In the discharge of my duty, I discovered a dormant account belong to late Mr. Morris Thompson who died in an auto crash of Alaska Airlines flight 261 returning from a vacation in Mexico.
You can check on http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
When I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that Mr. Morris Thompson died with his wife, Thelma, and his daughter, Sheryl on the same day. In our last Board Meeting, the directors jointly decided that his money should be included in the Bank treasury, I one other colleauge objected to the decision and demanded that they should give us just one month to present the relative whom will receive his money.
Now, we want to stand you as the relative and help us to receive this money into your care pending we will secure our travelling documents to come and meet you in your country. We have accepted to share the money with you basically. The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 20.million US dollars). Now my questions is:-
(1) Can you handle this project? (2) Can I give you this trust? (3) What will be your commission?

If you can sponsor this transaction. Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible via my secured e-mail address: uchechambers113@yahoo.com Meanwhile, It's risk free and legitmate and meanwhile I have covered this transaction with adequate credit documents from the beginning. Please advise me on your position if you are interested by indicating your phone and fax numbers for oral communications I wait you urgent reply.

Very Respectfully,
Dr Uche Henry
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