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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • nelsonakakpo07@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: nelson akakpo <nelsonakakpo02@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:41:47 +0400
Subject: VERY URGENT



From: Mr.Nelson Akakpo.
Tel: + 22 89 24 41 48
Tel: + 22 89 24 41 48
Dear Sir/Madam,
Humble greetings to you. With due respect, I am Mr.Nelson Akakpo, An accountant North Atlantic Securities Sarl here in Lome-Togo.And a very good friend of our company Late Mr Levy Shimony,who died on the 31st of May 2000 with his family in plane crash.
Meanwhile,I secretly knew concerning his deposit fund under the care of our company (US$10.5m(ten million five hundred thousand dollars)deposited under our security company. My Dear,since death clear out him and his family,I decided to seek for a very reliable trustworthy person,to stand as his bonafide next of kin,since there is none of his relative applying for the claim.
Please note, if such deposit happen's to stay longer it will be confiscated by the government as unclaim deposit. Upon this discovery, I have agreed to make business with you and release the box into your care as the heir of the box,since no one came for it or discovered he deposited such thing with our Firm. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus 40% for you as foreign partner, 60% for me.
Happily,confirm your interest toward's my mutual request with you through my private email address ( nelsonakakpo07@yahoo.com (mailto:nelsonakakpo07@yahoo.com) ) before I will let you know the procedures of inheriting this box into your custody as soon as you indicate your humble willingness.
Best Regards,
Mr.Nelson Akakpo.

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