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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • frankowode2006@yahoo.com
  • frankowode@asiamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Owode <frankowode2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: frankowode@asiamail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:13:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ATTENTION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: frankowode2006@yahoo.com

From:Mr.Frank Owode.

Tel:009-234-803-3528864

Date:16th March,2006


Dear Sir,


I am Mr.Frank Owode,a staff of Fidelity Bank Plc.I am writing

you following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of immense

benefit to both of us.


In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD5million

(Five Million United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to

one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American

who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska

Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his

wife Thelma, and his only daughter Sheryl, while returning from a

vacation in Mexico. You shall read more about the crash on visiting

this site.


http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list


Since we got the information about his death, we have been

expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his

money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it

as next of kin or

relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.


Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only

daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with

the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon

this discovery that I now decided to make business with you and

release the money to you as the beneficiary of the funds for safety

keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and

i don’t want this money to go back into Government treasury as

unclaimed bill.


You will be entitled to 30% of this money as foreign partner,

while 70% will be for me. I will visit your country for the

disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this

money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is

our watchword in this transaction. Please note,that this business

is 100% safe and risk free and i hope that the fund arrives your

account in latest 10 working days from the date of the receipt of

the following information:


1. Your full name and address

2. Date of birth(Age)

3. Occupation

4. Private Telephone numbers for easy communication.


The above information will enable me to apply for payment into your

account. I am looking forward to doing business with you.Please

kindly reply to my private email address for confidential reason :

frankowode@asiamail.com


Trusting to hear from you soonest.


Best regards

Mr.Frank Owode.

Tel:009-234-803-3528864



- Frank Owode

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