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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • hayesabbott@123mail.cl

Fraud email example:

From: "abbott hayes" <abbotthayes@hayesworld.net>
Reply-To: hayesabbott@123mail.cl
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:16:26 +0000
Subject: H.O.D

From: Dr.Hayes Abbott
H.O.D. Clinical Pharmacology,
University of Lagos,
Lagos State,
Nigeria.
TEL:234 1 8531917

Dear Respectable One

I am Dr.Hayes Abbott the Head of Department of Clinical Pharmacology and
Director of research, at the University of Lagos,Lagos State Nigeria. I
write to solicit your assistance in a project of mutual
benefits. We got your contact over the Internet.
In February 1999, a research grant (US$12.5Million)
was given to my department with I leading a team of other clinical
pharmacologists, by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, to conduct a
research on the effect of a Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria.

The research has since been concluded (specifically in August 2002). Of the
total amount given to us for the research purposes we only expended
US$4.2Million leaving a balance of US$8.3 Million. We are contacting
you with a view to transferring this balance out for our own use. We have
putin over 25 years of our lives into working for the government and as
academics we do NOT have anything to show for it, hence this opportunity we
see as a God-Sent one.
We sincerely hope that you will be of assistance to us.I implore you to
treat this mail as confidentially as possible as we are still active
academicians,though retiring in the first quarter of next year. If you are
not in a
position to assist us,do not respond to this mail and we apologize for
taking your time.

Upon receipt of your acceptance to assist us in this,we will negotiate on
what should be your take from this ammount for helping us. If interestedin
this venture, please send me your full names and address and your direct
mobile phone for effective communication.

If you are realy capable and willing to assist
me please contact me immediately with this
e-mail address hayesabbott@123mail.cl

I await your urgent response for Immediate action for the transfer.

Sincrely yours,
Dr.Hayes Abbott

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