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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)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • danjuma_amidu01@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DANJUMA AMIDU <danj_06@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <danjuma_amidu01@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:07:35 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND




DEAR FRIEND,
I KNEW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM THE BILL ANDEXCHANGE MANAGER IN FIDELITY BANK UK . I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE
OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO IMPOSE ON YOU FOR
THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES.
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$14)MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 17 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HASBEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT ANY BODY CLAIMING THE FUND.I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TOOUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT) BELONGS TO ONE OF OURFOREIGN CUSTOMER (MR. RICHARD BURSON FROM FLORIDA, U.S.A) WHO DIEDALONGWITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY ON NOVEMBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH.FOR MOREINFORMATIONS ABOUT THE CRASH YOU CAN VISIT THIS SITE:HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HI/AMERICAS/502503.STMI DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER ACCOUNT AS ANABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THEBANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASEDCUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRETAND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THEBUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 30% OF THEABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME.AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT ARISES ON THE PROCESSBEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT,

I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE TO OBTAIN ALL LEGAL APPROVALS FORONWORD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM THE
RELIVANT MINISTRIES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.

I AWIAT YOUR SWIFT RESPOND. CONTACT ME WITH THIS PERTICULAR EMAIL ADDRESS FOR
PROMPT RESPOND:Email: danjuma_amidu01@hotmail.co.uk

BEST REGADDR DANJUMA AMIDU,


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