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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • honeywellassociates@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: honeywellassociates@rambler.ru
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:45:48 -0800
Subject: FROM: HONEYWELL & ASSOCIATES


Honeywell & Associates
Office: 11-12/Floor, Lion Building,
21 Kings-way St., Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear Sir,

Notification Update!

As Trustee and Executor of the estate of our late client, who was the
Executive Director of Nigeria's Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG), He was
tragically assassinated on the 10th day of January 2002 with members of his
family (his wife and three sons) who visited him as a result of the
Niger-Delta crisis and violence over petroleum products management.

Our client left Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
with Chartered Bank Plc and now his deposit is ready for execution. On my
last visit to the bank, I was made to produce my late client's overseas
representative to claim the fund; otherwise his deposits will not be
released.

Since his next of kin's are dead I want you to front as the legal
representative to claim the deposits. All I require is your honesty,
co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.

Please If I reach you as I am hopeful I will, endeavour to get back to me as
soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. You should forward along your
full names, your current address, and your current telephone and fax
numbers. This is to enable us make proper documentations needed to make this
claim from the bank.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time. Therefore, act at once to avoid
risk of forfeiture/ forfeit to the deceased family.

Please reconfirm your full names, phone number and address immediately via
email (honeywellassociates@myway.com).

Yours in service,

Mike Patrick
Honeywell & Associates

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