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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 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.
  • tonystbank_elumelu@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tonystbank444@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tonystbank444@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tonystbank444@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tonystbank444@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mr=20Tony=20Elumelu?= <tonystbank_elumelu@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: tonystbank444@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 16:00:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM: ANTHONY ELUMELU


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: tonystbank_elumelu@yahoo.de

FROM: ANTHONY ELUMELU

STANDARD TRUST BANK NIGERIA PLC

HEAD OFFICE: STANDARD PLACE

Plot 1662, Oyin Jolayemi Street

Victoria Island,

Lagos, Nigeria

Email: tonystbank444@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

My name is ANTHONY ELUMELU, the Managing Director of STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC. I am using this medium to solicite for your assistant regarding FUND TRANSFER ABROAD. At my disposal, I have an over-invoiced sum of $25m USD (Twenty Five Million United State Dollars) which can only be claim by a foreigner. This fund came as a result of over-invoiced cost of the Rehabilitation and Renovation of Passport Immigration Offices in Lagos, handled by a German Contractor WOLFGANG POHL ENGINEERING GMBH, GERMANY; and after receiving payment, the left over could only be claim by an alien citizen. Hence, I want you to make this claim so that the fund could be release to your chosen account abroad where I will join you for onward disbursement. I have all the necessary certified back-up documentations that will prove you as the ownership of the fund. You will be receiving 35% of the said fund for your assistance, 60% will be mine as the initiator of this business while 5% will be use for any ex!
penses that may be incur as this transaction progresses either from telephone bills or fax messages.

As soon as you receive this message, indicated your interest by sending me your telephone and fax number through my direct email tonystbank444@yahoo.com for effective communication.

I look forward working with you.

Best regards,

MR. ANTHONY ELUMELU

MD (STB)

Reply TO tonystbank444@yahoo.com Please Endeavour to reply tonystbank444@yahoo.com

- Mr Tony Elumelu

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