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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)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • drkingsley1945dike@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dr_kingsley1945@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dr kingsley dike" <drkingsley1945dike@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_kingsley1945@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:03:26 +0000
Subject: Cheers and God bless you

>From Dr Kingsley Dike
23 Normal Williams Street
Ikoyi Falomo -Lagos
E-mail:drkingsley1945dike@hotmail.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Chairman Contract Award Committee for the petroleum special trust
fund.I know that these letters will come to you as a surprise since we
have
not met in person.Please bear with me.

We are in search for a reliable and honest partner abroad that we can
entrust with the sum of us$35 million.(THIRTY FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATES
DOLLARS ONLY) These funds originated from contract we executed
for the petroleum trust fund (PTF) Purpose for the supply and
installations
of oil-pipeline to Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries.

This contract has been executed and full payments have been made to the
contractors who executed these contract leaving behind us$35 million as
an
over-invoice amount for we the committee members. In view of this, my
colleagues have mandated me to look for a foreign partner abroad who
will
receive these fund on our behalf. Which means that you will provide
us with any account of your choice where we can lodge these fund
immediately.

I will be visiting your country upon your confirmation in receipt of
fund in
your nominated account to know you better and discuss investment or
importation of goods back to our country.

DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND IS AS FOLLOWS:30% of the total sum will be
your
share While 60% will be for me and my colleagues 10% will be an
outstanding
amount to settle any incurred expenses during the transfer.

WE ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE
AND VERY LEGITIMATE AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED BY US WITH
OUR
CONNECTION IN GOVERNMENT What matters most is honesty on your side and
for
you to keep everything confidential until this fund is dully remitted
into
your nominated account.

If this business interests you,please do not hesitate to email me as a
matter of urgency with so that I can give you more details.But if you
are
not interested do also inform me,please contact me through my
altanative
email dr_kingsley1945@yahoo.ca
.

Cheers and God bless you.


Dr Kingsley Dike

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