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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • abumarwa112@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Abu Marwa" <abmarwa1@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: abumarwa112@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:17:06 -0700
Subject: LETS CLAIM THIS FUND TOGETHER(URGENT REPLY)


OCEANIC INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC,
OZUMBA MBADIWE AVENUE,
VICTORIA-ISLAND,
NIGERIA.

I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR COOPERATION TO PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT OF
KIN TO LATE MR RICHARD PETERSON, A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM COOPERATION (NNPC):SO THAT THE SUM OF FOURTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDREN
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR(14.2MILLIONS USD) WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY.

WE ARE TO SHARE THIS MONEY BETWEEN OURSELVES (I AND YOU) IF YOU ARE REALLY
INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER,FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: abumarwa112@gmail.com

BEST REGARDS,

MR.ABU MARWA.

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