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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)
• 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.
  • osarofure12@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: OSARO OFURE <osarofure35@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <osarofure13@yahoo.dk>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:28:12 +0000
Subject: RE: MY LAST EMAIL!!!


Dear friend, I am Osaro Ofure, 16 years of age. I am contacting you after my long search on the internet. I lost my parents On the 27th of January 2002 in the Ikeja bomb blast here in my country. Click on link below to view clips of incident:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm But before the death of my father,Late Andrew Ofure he deposited the sum of $6.750 MILLION with a finance company. The finance company has refused to release the fund to me, with reason that until i am 19 years and above. I have no uncle or Aunty to claim this money for me. Only my fathers personal lawyer wants to claim this fund behind me but the finance company has refused and identified me as the next of kin and said they will only release the money to whoever I pick as the next of kin. I need someone who will be ready to help me to claim this fund and and invest it in a good business and who will be responsible for taking me out of Nigeria to further my studies either in the Uk or America until i am old enough to manage myself. I have the certificate of deposit with the finance company and the death certificate of my father to enable you claim this fund. Upon your willingness to assist me, I will give you more information to reach the finance company. For security reasons reply via my Private E-mail: osarofure12@yahoo.dk I await your prompt response. Yours sincerely Osaro Ofure

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