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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:
  • "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.
  • daystardd1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?david=20dangote?= <daystardd1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: daystard3@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 12:52:41 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: daystardd1@yahoo.co.uk

>From Mr David Dangote

Greetings Sir,

I am a Group finance director with An African bank . It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth Thirty Eight Million


Six Hundred United States Dollars US$38,600,000) in an account offshore, but I cannot do this because I am not permitted


to have a foreign account as a civil servant and therefore solicit for your assistance to transfer this into your account abroad.


If you can be a partner to this please indicate interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely


confidential, as I am seeking your assistance as the beneficiary of this unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate a


foreign account, Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect, I have reposed my confidence in


you and hope that you will not disappoint

me. I promise to donate 10% of the fund to any church of your choice and give you 20% and 5% will be to settle all the expences we will


encure as the result of this transfer and then the rest will be mine for a good business in your country when I retire.


Regards,


David Dangote



- david dangote

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