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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • tafa_balogun009@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tafa44balogun@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?tafa=20balogun?= <tafa_balogun009@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: tafa44balogun@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 04:17:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MR TAFA BALOGUN(BUISNESS TRANSACTION!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: tafa_balogun009@yahoo.com.au

Attn: Sir/ Madam

I was until Monday,17th January 2005 the Inspector General of Police in

Nigeria.The Government woke up and announced an UNTIMELY

RETIREMENT without any official statement. My accounts in Lagos Nigeria

which is 20 Million Dollars(all my life's savings)has been

frozen by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)visit

the BBC publication on this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4184257.stm

I want you to assist me to transfer this sum out of Nigeria into your

personal account for safe keeping pending the outcome of the investigation.



All that i require is your honesty and co-operation to enable me get

this money transferred to you. I guarantee that this will be executed

under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of

the law. Please get in touch with me by my private E-mail Address:(

tafa44balogun@hotmail.com ) enclosing your telephone numbers for more

information to enable us discuss further. I would be grateful if this

mail will be favoured with an early reply.

Regards,

Tafa Balogun



- tafa balogun

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