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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997483567 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • chukwujiezeonu@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chukwujieze Mark <chukwujiezemark@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:33:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Top Private


Good Day M C Spike ,

My name is Mr. CHUKWUJIEZ, I am a staff of Bank in
AFRICA, Our late client named Mr. Glenn Hatleberg made a fixed deposit amount of
$7.2m he did not declare any next of kin in any of his paper work, I want you
as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary to transfer this funds out of my
bank into your account, after the successful transfer, we shall share in the
ratio of 30% for you, 70%for me. Should you be interested please send me your:
who unfortunately lost his life In the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 that crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife Barbara Hatleberg and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash
on visiting this site
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
1,Full names,
2,current residential address.

All I need from you is your readiness, trustworthiness and dedication. Please
email me directly on my private email address: so we
can begin arrangements and I would give you more information on how we would
handle this venture.

Regards,
Chukwujieze
+229-97483567or chukwujiezeonu@o2.pl

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