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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "for easy and confidential communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • josephokai@myself.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "joseph505@terra.es" <joseph505@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:40:54 +0100 (MET)
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY (NEXT OF KIN) FUND TRANSFER111



ATTENTION: MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

CONFIDENTIAL.

Dear Sir,

I am MR. JOSEPH OKAI , son of H.R.H, EZE OGIDIGADA
OKAI,(the traditional ruler of Egba kingdom in RIvers state NIGERIA)a land
that is richly blessed with crude oil .My father died
on the 8th of June 2005 of heart problems. Since the
death of my father, our family has been subjected to
all sorts of harassment and intimidation with lots of
negative reports emanating from the government and the
press about my father. The present government has also
ensured that our bank accounts are frozen and all
assets seized.
It IS worthy of note to know that my father before his
death was the chairman PETROLEUM TRUST FUND committee, a
committe that is incharge of sharing the petroleum
proceeds to the owners of the lands in which the
minerals are extracted.
It is in view of this that I seek for your cooperation
and assistance in the transfer of the sum of
US$25,500,000 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS ONLY) being the very last of our family’s fund in my
possession and control. A friend who was formally
residing in your country gave me your contact address
he told me that you are trustworthy though he did not
know my real intention. This assurance gave me courage
to link you for this particular transaction.
The federal government has seized all our properties
and frozen all our accounts both local and
international after the death of my father. However,
our only hope now is this available US$25,500,000.00
cash which I carefully packaged immediately after the
death of my father and deposited in a safe with a
security company where my uncle is the general
manager, no other person in that security company
knows that the actual content in those boxes are money
because my uncle used his position as the general
manager of the security company to cover the boxes as
if the contents are films and chemical materials.
I don’t want to invest this fund in Nigeria because
the government will confiscate it. Hence the need for
you to help us to invest this money in any good
business in your country. I am interested in real
estate business, stocks and I can also invest in some
other businesses, Which you may consider lucrative and
perhaps enter into business partnership with you for
our mutual benefit. Furthermore, I have made a solid
arrangement with my class mate who is in charge of a
courier company here in Nigeria on how to deliver the
consignment as a diplomatic baggage to you and all
necessary precautions has been taken to ensure a no
risk situation on the sides of both parities.
With respect to your reward, I have discussed it with
my mother and we decided to give you 25% of the entire
sum after you have received the consignment. We
decided to give you this percentage in order to
motivate you and also to let you feel satisfied at the
end of this transaction.
If you are willing to assist in receiving this money
on my behalf, please contact me, immediately on email
add: josephokai@myself.com

please, ensure to keep this proposal very secret and
confidential for obvious reasons and send to me your
private telephone/facsimile number and your private
email address for easy and confidential communication.
I await your immediate response.

Sincerely,

PRINCE JOSEPH OKAI

email: josephokai@myself.com







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