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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)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +2348066382718 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • papay.ahmed4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <officefail@centrum.cz>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:06:02 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT MESSAGE PLEASE GET BACK TO ME SOON


Dear Sir/Madam,=20
Compliments of the day.
My name is ABU MANE , a staff of UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA .I saw your contact and profile and decided
that you could cooperate with me in this proposition to help
me retrieve the sum of US$7 Million=C2=A0 (Seven Million United
state Dollars), into your nominated bank Account, Thereafter
I will visit your country for the mutual Sharing between
both of us, believing that you will never Let me down after
our bank must have=C2=A0 transferred this Money into your
account.
=C2=A0
The owner of this account is Prime Minister Rafik Bahaa
Edine Hariri of Lebanon, who died on the 14th Feb 2005. This
account has no other beneficiary and my investigations and
confirmations prove to me that nobody has done anything as
regards the claiming of this money because he has no family
members who are aware of the existence of neither the
account nor the funds except I, who is the financial
adviser. There is no risk involved as I will use my position
to get this money released to you as the relative to our
Late client with the needed legal documents which will back
up the transaction, The most important thing I would need is
your honest cooperation in this proposition.
=C2=A0
YOUR=C2=A0 BENEFIT:When our bank must have been transferred this money in=
to
your account, you will take 40% of the total amount for your
support and assistance in this transaction and 5%=C2=A0 for all
expenses.. You can view the following website for more information=20
and confirmation.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4264359.stm
=C2=A0
If you are interested in this deal, please kindly get back
to me on my private mail=C2=A0 :=C2=A0 papay.ahmed4@gmail.com=C2=A0 with =
your full contact=20
details as soon as you receive
this email massage.
=C2=A0
Waiting to hear from you for us to proceed.
=C2=A0
Yours truly,
ABU MANEcall me on this line +2348066382718

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