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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • mrobinwaeke000000@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Obi Nwaeke" <legacy@havemail.com.au>
Reply-To: <mrobinwaeke000000@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:24:46 +1100
Subject: Season Greating

Subject: My Email Contact mrobinwaeke000000@yahoo.com.hk


Message:

CONTACT ME ONLY ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS mrobinwaeke000000@yahoo.com.hk

I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc ,My name is . MR OBI
NWAEKE, a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to (Mr.George Hollander )
who was an expertrate contractor with
Oil servicing Firm here in My country. Here in after shall be referred
to as my client,my client passed on 16,2005 in a plane crash. Since then
I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client's extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace you over

the Internet hence I contacted you. I
have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by
my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were
lodged, particularly the Union Bank Plc . Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($20 Million US
Dollars) 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 so that this account valued at
($ 20 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you. The sharing modality is till open and negociatable.All I require
is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you, from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my email and for more details regarding to this transaction.

Yours
Faithfully,
MR OBI NWAEKE,

Wishing You a happy and cheerful holiday season.

"May your world be filled with warmth and good chear this Hollday Season, and throughout the the New Year. Wish your New Year be filled with peace and love.".

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