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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • ug.steve01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steve Ugha <st-ug18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ug.steve01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:04:34 -0600
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED; PLEASE READ.



FROM THE DESK OF DR STEVE UGHAPETROLEUM TRUST FUND CONTRACT AWARD DEPARTMENTLAGOS-NIGERIA. Good day, I am Dr Steve Ugha, Chairman Contract Award committee, with the Petroleum Trust Fund. I know this letter will come to you as a "big" surprise since you do not know me in person. My colleaques and I are in search of a reliable and honest partner abroad that we can entrust with the sum of Six Million United States Dollars ( US$6M ). This fund originated from some contracts executed for the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) for the supply and installations of oil-pipeline to Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries. The contracts have been executed and full payments have been made to the contractors who executed the contracts leaving behind an Over-invoiced sum of US$6M. My colleagues have mandated me to look for a foreign partner who will receive this fund on our behalf for our mutual benefits. We guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. When we receive the funds, it shall be shared between us in the ratio of 30:70, Whcih means, you shall have 30% of the money while the remaining 70% shall be for my colleaques and I. For a smooth and unhindered processing of the claim please send the following information to us: Your Full Name(s); Address; Telephone and Fax Numbers (if any). For confidential reasons, I advise that you direct all further communication to me via this email address :ug.steve01@yahoo.com I anticipate your urgent response so that we can immediately commence with the processing of the fund transfer, whilst also requesting that you treat this matter in strict confidence.
Best Regards,
Dr Steve Ugha
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