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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i will give you 35% " (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 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.
  • +2348033726914 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +2347030870559
• 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.
  • collinsdouglas114@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM_COLLINS_DOUGLAS?=" <be.be2@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:01:24 +0200
Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?DEAR_SIR//THANKS_FOR_YOUR_ANTICIPATED_ASSISTANCE_(FROM_MR_DOUGLAS)?=


DEAR SIR/MADAM

Please i want you to view the website below and respond to me.

My name is Mr. Collins Douglas,a banker and the chief accounting officer of late Engr.Gamad Shammad.I am writing in respect of a Citizen of your country and a customer of my bank, late Engr.Gamad Shammad who died in a Plane crash on 4th of May 2002 with his family in an Executive Airlines Services (EAS Airlines) which crashed at Gwamaja on the outskirts of Kano City killing all passengers on board}

Please view the BBC website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm The late Engr.Gamad Shammad was a contractor with Shell(BP) and Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) in my country and left in our deposit the sum of ( Five Million Five Hundred Thoussand United States Dollars) us$5.5million .

He has NO REGISTERED NEXT OF KIN.

Now, I want to use my position in the bank to transfer this money to your country for investment.

I want you to assist me transfer this fund out of my country.This is by way of presenting you as the true next of kin/beneficiary to this fund and you will provide me with an account where i can transfer this fund.I will give you 35% of the enbtire fund,myself 60% while the remaining 5% will be for transfer charges.I will also get all the approved claim documents for this transfer in your name as the beneficiary next of kin.

As soon as this transaction is through,i will come to your country to meet you.

I am hoping to get a favorable response from you.

Kindly reply to this mail,collinsdouglas114@yahoo.co.uk,as I will like us to keep this transaction confidential and every communication by email to avoid information leakage through our telephone conversation. Email me on: collinsdouglas114@yahoo.co.uk

You can also call me on +234-8033726914 after official/working hours.

Sincerely yours,
Collins Douglas.
Mobile:+234-7030870559


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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