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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:
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: martins abu <martinsabu@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: martinsabu0003@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:00:08 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject:

Kindest Attention: Sir/Madam
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: 193.220.26.35





Kindest Attention: Sir/Madam,
I am Martins Abu,The Secetary
General to the former Senate President Senator Pius Anyim, of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Though this proposal may come as a
surprise to you as we have not met in any way before.
I got your
contact address through your country business Guide and feel you will
serve as a reliable source to be used to achieve this aim, by trusting
under your care the total sum of Fifteen Million,Five Humdred Thousand
US dollars (US $15.5M).
This money I want to invest into any business
of your choice in your country was acquired through the Construction Of
the newly completed Abuja National Stadium which was used for the just
concluded All African Games ( COJA )Abuja 2003. During the time the
contract was to be awarded to a foreign ! contractor, I used my
position and office then as the Parmenent Secetary to the Senate
President to over invoice the sum of USD15.5M from the main contract
sum.
The Construction of the Stadium have been complete and
commissioned the contractor have been paid, this over invoiced amount
(USD15.5M) is what I want to trust under your care for lucrative
investment of your choice in your country.
As a secetary to the
former Senate President, l find it very difficult to invest such amount
of money in my country due to my position in the Government as such
amount of money may attract some suspicion which may lead to my arrest,
that is why I need your urgent assistance, Please indicate your
interest in the area of a lucrativ business viability in your country.
For working with me to actualize this transaction, I will give to you
30% of the total fund while 10% will be used to settle every monetary
expenses in the course of this transaction and the remaining 60% will
be for me.The proposal should be kept strictly confidential due to my
positin in the Government.
Please indicate your interest by
providing me with your private direct phone line / fax number. Be reat
assured you that all we be well at the end of this transaction.
All
necesary information about this transaction should be directed via mail
to me .
Thanks and God bless you
Martins Abu

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