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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348023603528 (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.
  • humpheryadamu_02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mhum_mnhr12@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?HUMPHERY=20ADAMU?= <humpheryadamu_02@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: humpheryadamu1@unionplus.net
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 08:27:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: urgent response


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: humpheryadamu_02@yahoo.co.uk

Mr.Humphery Adamu

The Director of credit and foreign payment (CFP)

Standard Trust Bank Plc,

Mobile:+234-80-23603528

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Humphery Adamu the Director of credit and foreign


payment of the Standard Trust Bank Plc (Standard Trust Bank


Plc).I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank


with account number 14-255-2004/EB/T who perished in the Kenyan


air-crash with the whole passenger aboard. Since the demise of


this our customer, I personally have watched with keen interest


to see the next-of-kin who will come to claim his funds of


$18.5MUSD which has been in my bank for a very long


time;however nobody has shown up, hence this letter to you.

On this note,I approach you to submit your particulars through


me as the next-of-kin so that with my contact in the bank I can


process it and the money will leave to any account you will


provide. The banking regulations here do not allow such money


to stay more than 4 years after this period of time, the bank


would usually recall the money to the treasurer. In view of


this, I will give you 30% of the total sum after a successful


conclusion of the transaction.

Any expenses incurred by both parties in course of this


transaction shall be refunded from 5% set aside for this


purpose.

I shall need the following from you:

1.An account where the fund will be transferred.

2.Your private telephone and fax numbers for easy


communication.

3.A copy of your Photograph for the applications in the bank.

Finally be informed that the entire transaction is risk-free.


Upon the receipt of the above requirements, we hope to be


through with the transaction in 14 working days.

Besides,I guarantee that this will be executed under a


legitimate arrangement that will protect you and myself from


any breach of the law. I hope you will welcome this lifetime


opportunity, if so please get back to me in confirmation of


your good interest to enable us discuss further(Reply to my


altanative email address:mhum_mnhr12@hotmail.com)

Thanks in anticipation of your kind co-operation.

Best regards,

Mr.Humphery Adamu

- HUMPHERY ADAMU

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