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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:
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • dagogo_jn02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hamza Abacha" <hamza_abacha080@inMail.sk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dagogo_jn02@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:58:25 +0100
Subject: Reading you soon

Dear Sir ,
I salute you in the name of Allah the most high God .
I am Alahaji Hamza Abacha, the second son of
the late General Sani Abacha, the former Nigerian
Military head of state who died mysteriously in 1998. Since my father died, my family has been under restriction of movement, molestation and all sort of inhuman treatment including freezing of all my fathers accounts abroad by the present civilian Government of President Obasanjo.
Currently , my elder brother is in detention by the
Government.
Following the recent , discovery of one of my father's bank account with the Swiss bank and the confiscation of the fund therein which the Swiss bank has agreed to return just $480M out of the $888.5M in the account; I therefore wish to personally appeal to you seriously and religious for an urgent assistance to tranfer the sum of US$40.2 million into your account in your country where I believe it will be safe, since we can not leave the country, due to the restriction of the movement imposed on the members of my family by the Government.
Please you can pest this web link in your window to read the news.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509280277.html

The money is deposited in the Vautch of of a security company in Benin Republic as family treasure for safe keeping.
You can confirm from our family lawyer in Benin Republic on (dagogo_jn02@yahoo.com ) who shall brief and work with you on a perfect logistics to ensure a hitch free claim and delivery of the consignment to your norminated destination
We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum 5% for any expenses,while 75% is to be held on trust by you until we can decide on a suitable business investment in your country subsequent to our free movement. Please, reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.

Yours Sincerely,
Hamza Abacha.

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