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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "necessary legal documents" (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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • masonryan_agent1@yahoo.it
  • lindabaxter0001@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ACCU LOTTO< j_williams121@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:45:09 -1200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL WON OUR LOTTERY

ACCULOTTO ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY
1-3 Leinster Gardens, London W2 6DP London
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
(WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT.)

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the ACCULOTTO ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY held on for this year's EASTER is now
available for claims. Your e-mail address with serial number:
56475600545 won the lottery.You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of $ 1.100,000.00(One million,One hundred Thousand
Dollars).

NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A TICKET LOTTERY AND THE e-mails addresses of
all participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites, Email directories, the email key index server
and a host of other sources where both newly registred and old emails
through computer draw system.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African
booklet. In view of this, your$ 1.100,000.00 (One million,One hundred
Thousand Dollars) will be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Africa.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Dr Mason Ryan
Email: masonryan_agent1@yahoo.it
Endeavor to email him your:
Full names
Age
Sex
occupation
Country
Contact address
Phone number

Congratulations from me and members of staff of ACCULOTTO ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY

Yours faithfully,
JACK WILLIAMS
Online coordinator.
Sweepstakes International Program.

Ms Linda Baxter
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA plc
Reply to: lindabaxter0001@yahoo.de

Attention:-Sir/Madam

I am an Accountant with UNITED BANK OF AFRICA PLC, My name is Ms.Linda Baxter, I am the personal Account Manager to
Engineer Anderson A , a National of your Country, who used to work with (SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY) in
Nigeria, as an Expatriate. Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 21 April 2004. My client, his wife, and
their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu expressway, Lagos.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits are lodged, particularly the UNITED BANK OF
AFRICA PLC. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about $8,472,000 Million US Dollars. My bank has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at $8,472,000
Million US Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me an share the money. 50% to me and 45% to you, the remaining 5
Percent will be for settling all foreign expenses (by you) and local expenses (by me) incidental to the actualization of
this deal.

An attorney will be contracted to help us revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I can send to you my drivers license, including my international
passport and some of my photo if which to see my face.

Note: I will like you to contact me through my alternative email address for security reason so here is the email
address :
lindabaxter0001@yahoo.de

Best Regards,
Ms Linda Baxter
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA plc
Reply to: lindabaxter0001@yahoo.de


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