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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • jamesuba25@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES UBA <jamesuba25@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jamesuba@belizemail.net
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:24:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I WILL LIKE TO INVEST WITH YOUR COMPANY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jamesuba25@yahoo.com

FROM THE TABLE OF MR JAMES UBA

LAGOS NIGERIA

ACCOUNTANT TO MRS STELLA OBASANJO

TELE:+234-1-4338891

Alternativee-mail: jamesuba@belizemail.net

Dear Sir/Madam,



My name is Mr JAMES UBA, I am the Accountant of the Late Mrs,Stella Obasanjo the wife of the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mrs, Stella Obasanjo just died on the early hours of Sunday 23rd October 2005 in a hospital in Spain where she went for a surgical operation.

Before the death of Late Mrs,Stella Obasanjo she placed the sum of Twenty Five Million United States Dollars (U.S.$25,000,000) in a security company in madrid spain.

The Security Company does not know of the content of the boxes in their vault, I happened to know of the content of these boxes because I am the accountant handling all the late president wife financial matters.



The documents of these funds are on my position so I seek assistance to get the funds out of her family, does not know of these funds including the president.

I here by seek a trust worthy person who is ready so we can complete this transaction as soon as possible and this person will get 30% from the total sum.



Please respond back with your full contact information if you are willing to assist me on this transaction.

View web site bellow for obituary of late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html



Regards

MR JAMES UBA.



- JAMES UBA

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