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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 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.
  • +2348060657699 (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.
  • harrisonalng@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Harrison=20Alamieyeseigha?= <harrisonalng@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: alharrisonng@Terrapins.com
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:11:33 +0800 (CST)
Subject: MY GREETING TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY


ÎÒÓÐÒ»¸öеĵçÓʵØÖ·ÁË£¡ÄúÏÖÔÚ¿ÉÒÔ·¢µç×ÓÓʼþ¸øÎÒµ½£ºharrisonalng@yahoo.com.cn

Dear Friend,


My name is Harrison Alamieyeseigha, the son of the embattled governor

of oil Rich Bayelsa state who was arrested on the 15th of September, 2005 while he was Returning from a crucial medical treatment in London.


visit http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article02 for more details

http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/africa/4513172.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4491382.stm

http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/africa/4513172.stm

for allegedly finding &pound;1.8M cash in our London mansion.


A source close to us revealed that, The Nigerian government is tracking

other funds belonging to the family but Starched away in coded banks in

Europe in order to confiscate them. The family, Has therefore taken the

decision to locate an honest fellow to order to kill Further trace of

the money.


We intend to transfer a total sum of FOURTEEN MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS.

If you accept to do this for us, you shall have Twenty Percent of the

total sum and returns on investment. If this proposal interests you, please forward immediately your full names and address to me, so that I can Introduce you to our family Attorney who will handle the entire process of Transfer on our behalf, given our current in capabilities.


Once these information are received it will be passed on to the family

Attorney. Please note that this transaction is to be conducted in

absolute

Secrecy. For privacy and confidentiality reply using my

email: alharrisonng@Terrapins.com

Yours sincerely,


HARRISON. O.ALAMIEYESIGH

REPLY TO: alharrisonng@Terrapins.com

TEL: 234-8060657-6994

- Harrison Alamieyeseigha

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