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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2347040582281

Fraud email example:

From: Alhaji Usman Bello <usmanu780@msn.com>
Reply-To: <usmanbello20087@live.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:10:08 +0000
Subject: FROM ALAHJI USMAN BELLO



Attn: Family of Late Contract/inheritance Benefificary


My Name is Alhaji Usman Bello the Director of Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria and was

instructed by MR PRESIDENT To find out before the end of next weekend if truly you are

dead, for one Mr. Michael pandlos and one Mark Macaulay came here just yesterday, claiming

to be your next of kin, asking us to pay your part payment contract/inheritance funds of

$9,000.000.000 which was approved by the government of Nigeria.


Asking us to transfer your contract/inheritance funds into they bank account and why it

seemed suspicious is that the account is from Spain not in your country but he was claiming

to be your next of kin who was been delegated by the family to come for this fund please

could you reconfirm your Private valid telephone number, and your mailing address urgently

to this office/bank immediately.


In conclusion, if truly you are dead, could any of the family members confirm to us that

Mr. Michael & Mr. Macaulay is your next of kin to enable us transfer the funds into the

bank accounts they instructed us to credit the funds into? The federal government of

Nigeria has mandated this office/bank to pay you through ATM MASTER CARD and that is the

easiest way for you to receive your fund and note that this ATM master card is accessable

in any ATM machine world wide.


Alhaji Usman Bello
+234-7040582281

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