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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • shakaroberts01@strompost.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Shaka Robert <shakaroberts01@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:31:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


Dear Sir,

Introducing myself, I am Shaka Robert, a Ugandan but currently granted political asylum in Spain as a result of political unrest in my country UGANDA which leads to my father’s untimely death.

Meanwhile, I am writing to know if you can be able to assist me manage my late father’s fund, Thirty Million United States of American Dollars (US$30,000,000.00) in lucrative business in your country, on my behalf. According to financial laws of Spain I am not allowed to engage in any financial transaction here and that is the more reason why I need your cooperation and assistance in this transaction.

If you are sincerely interested in assisting me please get back to me immediately enclosing your drivers license or international passport for proper identification, your private telephone and fax numbers, your bank account information where you wish to receive this fund so that I will draft an agreement you are to sign and return back to me and after that I will be rest assured that you will not cheat me when the funds get into your nominated bank account in your country.

After signing of the agreement I will instruct the bank in Switzerland where the fund is deposited to transfer the money to your bank account as my late father’s partner and my God father.

My late father used my name as the next of kin when depositing the fund and already the bank in Switzerland has asked me to nominate an account number where they will transfer the money for me as the next of kin.

As soon as I receive your positive response I will send to you copy of my international passport and certificate of deposit given to my late father by the Switzerland bank.

When replying preferably through the email address below please let me have your private phone and fax number and also advice me on how you intend to invest this fund in your country.

Yours sincerely,

Shaka Robert
Email:shakaroberts01@strompost.com






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