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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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • ahmed_dangote1951@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Dangote" <ret676@livedoor.com>
Reply-To: ahmed_dangote1951@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:32:44 +0100
Subject: URGENT MAIL


>From Mr. Ahmed Dangote,
Equitorial Trust Bank Plc,
Victoria Islands,Lagos- Nigeria
Email: ahmed_dangote1951@yahoo.com.hk

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Ahmed Dangote the director in charge of auditing and accounting
section
of Equitorial Trust Bank Plc (ETB) with due respect and regard, I have
decided
to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to
both of
us at that end of the transaction in order to transfer out the sum of
(US$16.311million) sixteen million three hundred and eleven thousand united
state dollars from one of the leading banks in Nigeria Equitorial Trust Bank
Plc
into a foreign account provided.

I need a foreign reliable and honest person who is capable and fit to
receive this
money through a bank to bank wire transfer during the course of out auditing
last month, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in
2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files I discovered that the owner of the account did not
state
any next of kin, hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this
money
out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing by our management.

The
owner of this account is one Engr. Renold, A foreigner and an industrialist,
and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,
the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me to
be perfect and risk free however. I am revealing this to you believing in
God
that you will never let me down when the funds are transferred into your
foreign nominated bank account. At the conclusion of this business, I will
give to you 40% of the total amount while 55% will be for me and 5%
percent will be used for any expenses we might run into during the
processing of the funds transfer.Kindly send to me your full name,
telephone,mobile and fax numbers as well as your resident or company
address for easy communication.

Am looking forward to hearing from you,

Best regards,

Mr. Ahmed Dangote,
Equitorial Trust Bank Plc.

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