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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • johnsonazu77@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: johnson <johnsonazu06@blackglobalnetwork.net>
Reply-To: johnsonazu77@myway.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:19:55 +0000
Subject: Next Of Kin.

I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc ,My name is Mr. Johnson Azu, a
Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to (Engineer. Peter Paul) who was
an expertrate contractor with Oil servicing Firm here in Nigeria. Here in
after shall be referred to as my client,my client passed on as a result of a
heart attack. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my client's extended Relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace you over the
Internet hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,
particularly the Union Bank Plc . Where the deceased had an account Valued
at about ($6 Million US Dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working
days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that this account valued at ($ 6 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you.
The sharing modality is till open and negociatable.All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this business through. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you,
from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email and for
more details regarding to this transaction.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Johnson Azu.

Note: If for any reason why you did not wish to help to this effect, please
kindly confide in me so that i can make another contact, because i can
afford to miss this inheritance.

You also reach me via this email address : johnsonazu77@myway.com

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