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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:
  • "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. )
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • businez_partner@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gaius Hamer <guso_ham15@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <guzo_hamr@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 05:19:01 -0400
Subject: YOU ARE BUSINESS PARTNER



FROM:G U HAMER-CHAIRMAN NNPC CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE LAGOS ATTN: DEAR SIR, With mind of enthusiasm and hands of amicable embracement we contact you for this mutual and cordial business partnership.We want you to give this private business relationship of immense benefit a good chance of execution to be achieved maturely.Before I go further I will like to tell you whom is writting to you.My name is ENGR.GAUIS HAMER the immediate past Chairman of the Contract Awarding Committee of The National Petroleum corporation. During my tenure as the Chairman of the contract awarding committee of the corporation we issued out contract to a German company who supplied us equipments for replacement and mentaince pipline and the complex for the actual cost of USD$50M.I and two of my directors then over inflated the original price/cost of the equipments to USD80M (Eighty Million United State of American Dollars)over invoiced.

THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE $30M PROFIT.Before I left office as the Chairman of the Contract Awarding Commitee we paid the German company their contract money fully.

Now we have our $30M parked in 2 Diploamtic boxes and have been deposited in a security company in Dubai since as Family Treasures (Diamond,Gold,Sylver Wrist-Watches etc)worth $30M.The boxes/fund was deposited in security company because we the officials here do not have foreign bank account.

My dear since over 3 year we deposited the fund I have not been able to visit the security company for the collection because my movement is mornitored.In my effort to get a good person who will assist me to collect the money and carry it over to your country for investment my friend recomended you to me because you are trustworthy and transparent in partnership and in doing business.

Therefore based on your trustworthiness and integrity we have handed over these boxes/fund to you to collect it from the security company and keet it safe with you in your country till I come over to meet you for investment.Please wo do not want the person who will collect these boxes/money from the security comapny and RUN AWAY with it or SIT the fund.

However,you have to write me a letter of acceptance with
YOUR FULL INFORMATION
FULL NAMES:CONTACT/MAILING ADDRESSOCCUPATIONPHONE NUMBERS. Thank you very much as we wait for your urgent response. Regards, OR businez_partner@yahoo.com ENGR. GAIUS HAMER




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