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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?I'_M_REVEREND_SISTER_GIFT_ONYINYECHUKWU,_FROM_ST.JUDE_CATHOLIC_CHURCH_LAGOS_?=" <ebuka.frank1@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:55:37 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I'_M_REVEREND_SISTER_GIFT_ONYINYECHUKWU,
_FROM_ST.JUDE_CATHOLIC_CHURCH_LAGOS?=


GOOD DAY,
I' M REVEREND SISTER GIFT ONYINYECHUKWU, FROM ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LAGOS NIGERIA.
IT'S VERY PATHETIC THAT WE LOST REV.FATHER JOE-BONO OF ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LAGOS NIGERIA.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO IS AN AMERICAN AND ALSO AN ORPHAN BUT NATIONALISED HERE IN ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH LAGOS NIGERIA
LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO DIED ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 2007 AND BEFORE HE DIED,
HE MADE A WILL.IAM GLAD TO INFORM YOU THAT LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL A SUM OF $5,500,000.00 THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE A RANDOM SAMPLING OF TEN PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES BY THE HELP OF MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL FIRM AND AMONG THE TEN PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES,
YOURS CAME OUT AS A DRAW AND THIS IS HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL. FORWARD THE DETAILS BELOW TO ME SO THAT I CAN FORWARD IT TO THE BANK OF AFRICA NIGERIA FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.
1,FULL NAME.
2,CONTACT ADDRESS.
3,COUNTRY.
4,AGE AND OCCUPATION.
5,PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER.
CONTACT ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL.(rev_sister_gift@post.ro)
I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.GOD BLESS YOU.BEST REGARDS,
REV.SISTER GIFT ONYINYECHUKWU.






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