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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:
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • azeezefe@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "azeez efe" <azeezefe6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: azeezefe@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:59:51 -0700
Subject: Attention


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Dear Sir/Ma,

I pray this proposition finds you in a good health.



I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity to transfer to your account
the sum of ($8,500,000.00 USD) Eight million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars from one of the Guaranty Trust Finance here in Nigeria.



I am Mr.Azeez Efe (Bsc, Msc) the Auditor General of Guaranty Trust Finance
Plc, Please I wish for your co-operation, I discovered the aforementioned
fund after my last annual auditing report in an account opened in our branch
since 1999 and ever since 2002, till date no body has operated on the
account and the account has no data of a next of kin.



Therefore please, I know it may be fearful to you but I want and wish for
your co-operation as a foreigner to stand as a relative ,I will ensure the
transfer of the funds to you as his relative, I want you to be 100% assured
of the risk free ,I'm the one tha will work it out with my positional
influence safely without any problem,I assure you of this , All I need is
your
cooperation because the account content can not be approved to an indigene
here as his relative.



At the conclusion of this project, I propose a joint investment of an equal
partnership to you or we may share it in a ratio of 45% for you and 55% for
me.



But nevertheless, I appeal to you not to consider this against moral
justification please, they are many other aspects of life we may contribute
with this funds to help the less privileged and the needy in a society than
leaving the funds to the Government if discovered as an unclaimed bill
PLEASE. However, you would be required to show some proof of claim which I
will provide you with and also guide you on how to make your applications.



Kindly forward your telephone and fax numbers where I can reach you easily.
I look forward to your earliest response.
Please write back to me through this address (azeezefe@hotmail.com).

Thanks
Mr. Azeez Efe.
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