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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348033067362 (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.
  • williamsokon11@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "williams okon" <williamsokon13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsokon11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:53:50 +0100
Subject: ORIENT BANK NIGERIA PLC

ORIENT BANK NIGERIA PLC
PHASE 2,NEW APAPA ROAD,
LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEL\FAX 234-1-4713889
MOBILE NUMBER:+234-8033067362
CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS:williamsokon11@yahoo.co.uk
 
 ATTN:THE PRESIDENT/CEO,
 
I am Mr. williams okon, Bank Manager Orient Bank Nigeria plc, Lagos Branch. I have urgent

and very confidential business proposal for you.
On June 6, 1997,a JORDAN Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian NationalPetroleum

Corporation, Mr.KHALED ALI made a numbered time(Fixed)Deposit for twelve calendar months,

valued at US$17,800,000.00 (Seventeen Million Eight hundred thousand Dollars) in my

branch.Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no

reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.KHALED ALI died from an autocrash

accident.On further investigation and discovered that Mr. KHALED ALI did not declare any kin

or relations in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of US$17,800,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled

over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
 
No one has ever come forward to claim it.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you

as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.KHALED ALI so that the fruits of this

old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.This is

simple, I will like youto provide immediately your full names and address so that the

Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as

the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two Attorneys for drafting and notarization

of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in

your favorfor the transfer.
 
A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the

transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.The money will be paid into

your account for us to share in the ratio of 80% for me and 20% for you.There is no risk at

all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position

as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
 
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my CONFIDENTIAL email

address:williamsokon11@yahoo.co.uk.
Upon your response,I shall then provide you with more details regarding this

transaction.Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction

would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest

parts my share in your country.MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS YOU.Awaiting your urgent Reply.
 
Regards,
 
MR.WILLIAMS OKON .
BRANCH MANAGER,
ORIENT BANK NIGERIA PLC

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