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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:
  • "your country for safe keeping" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • richardhealey_host@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • richard_healey@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: richard healey <richardhealey_host@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: richard_healey@excite.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings


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

Dear Friend,


My name is Richard Healey. I am a American working as an expertriate in Shell Developnemt Company

Flow Station in Nigeria. Right now i am one of the hostages held by the Niger Delta Militants due

to the face off between them and the Federal Government of Nigeria over poor allocation of funds to the Niger Delta Areas where 70% of Nigeria oil is drilled, The release of two prominent local leaders - former Bayelsa state governor and the militant leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari, For Shell to comply with a recent Nigerian court order and pay $1.5bn in compensation for oil pollution to the Ijaw community.

We have been held by these militants for months to force the Federal Government to accomplish their demands before we are released. I am not sure when this is going to happen.They just released few, our fate is still pending.


news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4767260.stm


I have arranged for my wife and my only daughter to be moved out to a neigbouring country for safe keeping. My main reason of contacting you,is to implore you to help move out some funds which i made through some crude oil deals while serving in Nigeria. The amount involved here is Six million,Four hundred thousand dollars, ($6.4million).

I kept this money in a consignment and registered it as my personal effects in a security company here in Nigeria to avoid diversification.Nobody knows about this money, not even my wife.

I would want you to help clear the consignment out of the security company to your country for safe keeping. Upon your sincere agreement to help clear this consignment, i will give you 30% of the total sum.After you have cleared the money i will arrange for my Family to come over to you for my share of the money if i have not been released by then. Therefore, if you know, you can help me clear this consignment from the security company, please do get back to me immedaitely via email.For now,I am only opportune to communication via email. Immediately you indicate your interest to help i will give you the modalities on how go about retrieving the consignment.This is risk free, you dont have anything to fear but rather alot to gain.

I will count on your sincerity and understanding.


I hope to hear from you immedaitely,

Richard Healey.

richard_healey@excite.com




- richard healey

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