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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.
• 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.
  • +2348024580424 (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.
  • jfb1965@123mail.cl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnson Okwu" <jfb1965@123mail.cl>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:23:50 +0000
Subject: FROM:DR.JOHNSON FABIAN OKWU

FROM:DR.JOHNSON FABIAN OKWU
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PIC,
36 MARINA,
P.M.B. 2027,
LAGOS,
NIGERIA
TEL: +234-802-458-0424
E-FAX: 1-208-977-1517 (DIAL DIRECT)
EMAIL:jfb1965@123mail.cl
26/10/05

DEAREST,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
I AM THE MANAGER OF BILLS AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. IN
MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM $33.3USD
(THIRTY THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U. S.
DOLLARS ONLY) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR
FOREIGN CUSTOMER,BY NAME, MR. BOB CHAPMAN,AFRICAN AREA
DIRECTOR FOR WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRASLATORS INTERNATIONAL,
WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS WIFE,RUTH CHAPMAN, IN JANUARY
2000 IN A KENYAN PLANE CRASH IN THE COAST OF ABDIJAN,
IVORY COAST.

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN
EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS
M0NEY BECAUSE WE CAN NOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOMEBODY
APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE
DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES.
UNFORTUNATELY,WE LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN
DIED ALONG WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY
BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS
DISCOVERY THAT I DECIDED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND
RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR
RELATION OF THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT
DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND I
DO NOT WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNT AS UNCLAIMED BILL. THE BANKING LAW AND THE
GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED
UNCLAIMED AFTER FIVE YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED
INTO BANKING TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.
THE REQUEST OF A FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS
BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER
WAS A FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF
KIN FOR A FOREIGNER. WE AGREE THAT A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS MY FOREIGN
PARTNER. I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT
ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AGREED UPON.

THEREFORE TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THE FUND
TO YOU AS ARRANGED. YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK
AS A RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED
INDICATING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND LOCATION
WHEREIN THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON RECEIPT OF
YOUR REPLY I WILL SEND TO YOU THE TEXT OF THE
APPLICATION.

AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER, YOU SHOULD CONTACT
ME THROUGH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS OR MOBILE NUMBER,+234-802-458-0424.

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
DR.JOHNSON FABIAN OKWU





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