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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:
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • emmahabani@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: emmanuel agunloye <emmahabani6@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: emmahabani@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:51:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: READ AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY


I am Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).also General co-ordinator for the building and maintenance of all Public Hospitals, roads and schools in all Oil producing states of the federation.
visit our website: www.nddcnet.com
The Niger Delta Development Commission. (NDDC} awarded contract for the building and maintenance of all public hospitals, schools and roads in the federation to a foreign firm in the year 2004. This contract has been fully executed and commissioned full payments have been made to the contractor who executed this contract. I was able to over invoice this contract amount to US$2.8million. This US$2.8m is what i want to transfer abroad for you to accomodate for me on my behalf for investment with your co-operation and understanding since i am presently a government official and should not be discover to be in posession of such money,you will be highly compensated. If you are willing to help me,reply me as a matter of urgency and we dicuss on the transfer to you. Please keep this matter very confidential to yourself. Reply to my private email address:
emmahabani@yahoo.com
God bless.
Thanks
Emmanuel Agunloye


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