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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:
  • "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.
  • mikeoga33@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mikeoga@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:05:11 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hello=20=20FRIEND?=


The Auditor/Head of Department
Royal Trust Bank Plc,
Lagos Nigeria.
Hello FRIEND,
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics.I will introduce myself as Mr. MIKE OGA, One of our
accounts with holding balance of $6.5,000.000 USD has been dormant
and has not been operated for the past 4 years.
From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account,
a foreignerby name ENGN A. died in July, 2000 and since then nobody
has done anything as regards the claiming of his money because he has
no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the
account nor the funds. Also Information from the National Immigration
states that he was also single on entry into Nigeria.I have secretly
resolved to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with.I thus
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin to
effect the release of this fund after due process has been followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism
or any other illegal act. On your indication of interest, please get
back to me through my email
Do include your Full names,Residential Address, direct phone/fax
number so as to ease and anable prompt commumuication.
Regards,
Mr. MIKE OGA

REPLY TO mikeoga33@yahoo.com

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