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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • +2348070540659 (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.
  • gmrpaul722001@yahoo.com.hk
  • mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?big5?q?MR.PAUL=20SCOTLAND?=" <mrpaul722001@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:58:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From The Desk Of MR.PAUL SCOTLAND


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- From The Desk Of MR.PAUL SCOTLAND UBA BANK PLC LAGOS Plot 245 Adeolu Hope wall Street Victoria Island Lagos-Nigeria Private Email: mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk TElephone : +234-807_054_0659 Good Day, I am Mr.Paul Scotland Branch Manager with UBA BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA,I discovered an abandoned sum of ($25.5 million u.s. dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Engineer.Ronald ,a contractor with an Oil Development company in Nigeria (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION), and,who here-in after shall be referred to as my client,on Sunday 2ND February,2003,18:50 GMT my client,and his family were involved in Ikeja bomb blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the bomb blast. Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. For confirmation of this transaction please refer to these sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. I look forward to hear from you Call +2348070540659 immediately for more information so we can make progress. Please indicate your interest so i can supply you with the full story. communication email. Kindly reply to this email address(mrpaulscotland2003@yahoo.com.hk ) Mr.Paul Scotland.

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