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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Usman Bello <usmanbello770@maktoob.com>
Reply-To: usman_bello85@yahoo.com
Date: 12 Dec 2007 09:43:32 -0000
Subject: INVESTMENT ENQUIRY

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Dear Sir/Madam,



I am Dr.Usman Bello; a senior accounts officer with a commercial Bank. I humbly seek your cooperation in a business deal in which to redirect substantial amount of money thirty five million dorllas (35.000.000.00) into your Country for investment as free capital injection.



I have chosen to contact you in order that we can liaise to bring this money into your country for our mutual benefit. If you consider my proposition and will like us to discuss further for the percentages, kindly reply so I can elaborate more on the plan to accomplish movement of the fund to you without any risks or consequences whatsoever.



Kind regards,

Dr.Usman Bello.

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