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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348025858923 (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.
  • michaelogiehor@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MICHAEL OGIEHOR" <michaelogiehorchambersandassociate1002@msn.com>
Reply-To: michaelogiehor@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:20:26 +0000
Subject: HELLO BELOVED

PHONE NUMBER:+234-802-585-8923
EMAIL:michaelogiehor@hotmail.com
 
 
DEAR BELOVED,
  I AM (ALH MOHAMED AL USMAN),I AM 87 YEARS OLD.I AM A CITIZEN OF SAUDI ARABIA, BUT I AM RESIDING IN LIBERIA. I WAS BORN AN ORPHAN AND GOD BLESSED ME ABUNDANTLY. BUT I AM NOT A HAPPY MAN.I HAVE NO WIFE AND I HAVE NO CHILDREN. AS AT NOW I AM SERIOUSLY SICK. I JUST CAME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BACK TO MY HOME .
 
  I AM SUFFERING FROM LUNG CANCER AND I HAD PATIAL STROKE WHICH HAS AFFECTED MY SPEACH. I CAN NO LONGER TALK.AND HALF OF MY BODY IS PARALYSED. THE DOCTORS SAY I HAVE ABOUT 2 MOUNTHS TO LIVE. I SEND THIS EMAIL TO YOU WITH THE HELP OF MY SPECIAL LAWYER WHO IS TYPING MY REQUEST. I HAVE LITTLE TIME SO I HAVE COMMITTED IT TO SPREADING MY WEALTH TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR MANKIND.IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE I AM ,I HAVE GIVEN THE MANAGEMENT US$15 MILLION TO UPGRADE AND BUILD A NEW CANCER RESEACH FACILITY.
  
  I HAVE ALSO MADE SOME CASH DONATIONS TO ORPHANAGE CHILDREN HOMES IN SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA,SUDAN,AND SOME IN LIBERIA. I HAVE SUCCEDED IN SPREADING MY LIQUID CASH TOWARDS WELL DESERVED MEANS. MY SOUL IS HAPPY. WHAT I AM DOING GIVES ME JOY.I AM NOW SHARING MY PROPERTIES AND VALUABLES.I DONT KNOW YOU, BUT I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CARRY OUT MY WISH FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY.
  
   I HAVE 28 MILLION DOLLARS (USD ) DEPOSITED WITH A BANK IN LIBERIA(ECO BANK). I WANT YOU TO TAKE CUSTODY OF SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN DOLLARS (USD ) AND USE IT TO BUILD AND OPERATE(YOU COULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO OPERATE IT IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO) AN ORPHANAGE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
  
  YOU WILL NAME THE ORPHANAGE HOME OF HOPE ORPHANAGE HOME. I DEPOSITED IT AS FAMILY VALUABLE. YOU MUST FOLLOW MY WISH FOR IT WILL GLADEN MY HEART.PLEASE IF YOU ARE READY TO CARRYOUT MY WISH, THEN SEND MY LAYWER THIS INFORMATIONS.
[1]YOUR NAMES,
[2]YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
[3]YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, MAY GOD GUIDE US.

SEND YOUR REPLY ALONG WITH YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS ONLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.OR CALL
MY PERSONNAL LAYWER, MR MICHAEL OGIEHOR
 NUMBER +234-802-585-8923.
THANKS, I AWAIT YOUR QUICK RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL. MY WARM GREETINGS,
MICHAEL OGIEHOR,esq

 

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