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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • mattejeayor@asiamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amattejeayor@asiamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Matthe Ejeayor" <mattejeayor54@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:34:43 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,


*Dear Friend,

I got your address via the internet personality search with the Ghanian
chamber of commerce and i which to solicite your cooperation for this
business of great magnitude however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am 49, and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West
Coast).I discovered a dormant account of Six Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars(US$6.500.000.00) deposited, with account number IBA
100146886-00 for the past four (4)years. *

*The true owner of this funds/ account was Late DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY,acitizen
of Atlanta,United States of America, who died along with his entire family
in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa You shall read more
about the crash on visiting this site.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html . After
going through your profile and with great commitment to prayer and fasting
,i felt relief and alleviated in spirit and decided to contact you
immediately for this mutual business relationship. *

*Regarding the short period of Fifteen (15) bank working days allowed
confirming and submitting the reports by the Board of directors of my bank,
which may lead to the cancellation or terminating of the account. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this
department now decided to make business with you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement ,since nobody is coming for it and we don't want
this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can i give you this trust?
3. Can you sponsor this project? if so, What will be your commission?
Consider this and get back at me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be
accorded the necessary attention,urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.
send a mail for confirmation to my alternate
email:mattejeayor@asiamail.com<email%3Amattejeayor@asiamail.com>

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Matthew Ejeayor*

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