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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • angelicamrs_2040@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mrs=20angelica=20chinyere?= <angelicamrs_2040@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: angelicamrs2007@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 03:05:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: angelicamrs_2040@yahoo.es



- I am Mrs. Angela Chinyere,the Auditing and Accounting Unit,Foreign Operations Department Union Bank Plc. I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you.On June 6 ,(Engr.Steve Moore) made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calenderer month valued at US$15.500.000.00(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my branch. On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply after months we send a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employee (Nigeria national petroleum Corporation) that Late Engr.Steve Moore died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, it was clear that he died without making a will. All attempts by the Australian to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Late(Engr.Steve Moore) did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including his deposit document in my bank. The total sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still in my banks dormant acct. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking law, after four years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government. If the account owner is certified death and comes forward to claim it this money will be claimed by corrupt government officials. This is the situation,and my proposal to you is that I am looking for a foreigner who will stand in as the (beneficiary/next of kin). This is simple. All you have to do is toimmediately send me the details of a bank account anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer document. The money will then be transferred into the account for us to share in the ration of 60% forme 40% for you.There is no risk involved. I am usingmy position adconnection in the bank here to do all the inside wok for the transaction. We shall employ the services of an attorney to draft the will and obtain all neessary documents and letter of administration in your favor for the transfer. This transaction is 100% risk free guaranteed if you are interested, please reply immediately

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