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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • sobasekissq@aim.com
  • sobasekissq@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra Obaseki" <sobasekissq@msn.com>
Reply-To: sobasekisq@msn.com
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:05:04 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

Mrs Sandra Obaseki
Flat 8 Block 12 NNPC Quarters
Garki -Abuja, Nigeria.
Email: sobasekissq@aim.com

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things
unfold,we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself to
you. I am Mrs Sandra Obaseki, the wife of Chief Jackson Gaius Obaseki, the
Managing Director, and Chief Executive, Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). I am really sure that you will be of a good assistance
after going thoroughly through this letter. For many years of marriage now
between me and my husband, I have not given birth, and this has really
troubled my husband. As a result of the respect given to local tradition
culture and custom here in Nigeria, my husband has decided to break the
marriage.

With the situation of things with me now, my matrimonial home look bleak. I
am been threatened daily by my husband to get out from the home. My Husband
s brothers are not left out in this matter. This situation has really
affected me psychologically. As at now, I am no longer Assured of a
matrimonial home, hence I seek your urgent assistance and help which I know
will go a long way in getting me settled finally. I want to use this
opportunity to move the sum of (US$18M) into your custody for safe keeping,
pending my arrival in your country. This said amount was given to my husband
as gratification from some Foreign Oil Companies he helped in getting
Allocation for the Drilling of Crude Oil in Nigeria. As a civil servant, he
does not want to be exposed, hence he gave me this money to keep in my
personal account so that he can be exonerated from the eyes of government
security operatives and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) which is a body
that scrutinizes the activities of all civil servants in Nigeria as checks
and balances for official misconduct.

Be informed that this money is not connected with drugs; money laundry,
firearms and looting which I believe will put fears in you to render the
required assistance needed from you and consequently withdrawing your help
for security reasons. Hence the source of this said money is clean and
clear. This money was deposited in my personal name, and there is no way it
can be transferred telegraphically under the banking procedures which could
have been the easiest, but because of monetary transfer restriction by the
Federal Government of Nigeria, that is defeated. Rather I have arranged a
diplomat manager to move this money out in cash to any destination where it
will be easy for you to collect under diplomatic immunity.

This he has assured me of. As a soon as I see your response and willingness
to help as regards to this, I will furnish you on the next line of action to
take, but be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and my
husband will not raise any alarm because he will not like to put himself,
his job and office in jeopardy, and if he does, he stands the change of
loosing his job. As soon as this money is moved to you, and you confirm to
me that you have received it, I will be coming to meet you up there in your
country where I wish to live the rest of my life. I will be offering you 20%
of this money for all your help at this time of need, while some percentages
has been set aside for my Brother to complement his efforts here.

Be informed that this transaction will not last more than 14 working days
and it will be concluded because every arrangement has been put in place.
Your negative or positive response will be highly appreciated.

Please Kindly get back to me through my private email address:
sobasekissq@aim.com

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Sandra Obaseki

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