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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.
• 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.
  • +2348050334750 (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.
  • sampson1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sampson" <sampson1@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Is me Mr Sampson


FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND REMITTANCE DEPT,STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC[stb]My Dear Amarjit Singh, LETTER OF REQUESTI am Mr.SAMPSON EDEH, the Auditor of STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC [stb]. I have an obscured business suggestion for you. One of our clients/personal friend, Late Mr. Kim Sean unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash on January 31st 2000 including his wifeand his only daughter.Late Mr. Kim Sean is a foreigner and the manager of Granite Minning Nig, a chemical engineer by profession and he died since the year 2000. No other person knows about this accountor anything concerning it. After further investigation it was also discovered that Mr. Kim Sean's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, hence the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well that his company does not knowanything about this account and the amount involved is $5 million US Dollar.I am
contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Mr. Kim Sean. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount, while 60% will be for me. Let me have your:[1] private Telephone/Fax [2] your full name/location please reply me to my private email:{sampson1@myway.com}Yours Truly,Mr.Sampson Edeh.+2348050334750

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