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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2348028248557 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "NESTLE FOODS NIG PLC" <nestle_foods7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nestle_foods@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:06:46 +0000
Subject: ( Urgent ) NESTLE FOODS (NIG) PLC

NESTLE FOODS (NIG) PLC Food Agency Of Nigeria Head Office Address:Lateef Jakande road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos Telex : 5211 NESTLE FOODS,NIGERIA . Direct Tel :234-8028248557     Greetings,       It is with great respect and honour,We the Nestle Foods (Nig) Plc brings you this tradgic announcement of late Mrs Sandra.W.Maaike,a reliable staff of the Marketing Department (Nestle Foods Nig Plc)a citizen of your country,who left behind the sum of US$300,000,00 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a commercial bank here in Nigeria.     Late Mrs Sandra.W.Maaike  died of Malaria On the 3rd Of May 2005 after sufferiing in pains for days,her closest family Husband and Children could not be found so we decided to search for her relatives on the internet for Assistance and Co-operation in claiming the fund out of the bank.Some of her assets includes Shares,Jewellries Shop worth over US$110,000,00(One Hundred,Ten Thousand Dollars) At Maza Maza,Lagos,Nigeria.  a If you are related to her Last Name (Maaike) or anyway connected to her, we advice you send your kindly response to enable the bank release this large sum of amount to you as her next of kin.     We seek for a honest and trustworthy relative to stand as her next of kin and to claim the deposited fund as well as her assets here in Nigeria,You are required to apply and also show interest so the Federal Government Of Nigeria will not use her hard earned fund to pay Nigeria Foreign Debts at the World bank.     If you are interested in standing as late Mrs Sandra. next of kin,we advice you contact us as soon as possible so that all processing will start immedaitely because the bank told us that as soon as her next of kin applies the fund will be transferred within 20 Working Days.       We await your kindly response and some neccessary information of yours,Thanks and God Bless       Yours Sincerely,     Mr.Jean Louis Chaumeil Managing Director & Chief Executive NESTLE FOODS (NIG) PLC

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