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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • +2348051564365 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: usman bello <usmanbelo_22@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:36:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Share the joy with me


Dear Friend,

- I'm happy to inform you about my sucess in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from portugal who is an international business women. Presently I'm in portugal forinvestment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didnot forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how Now contact my secretary, her contact is:Name: Miss.merry williams Email: merrywilly@myway.comTel: +234 8051564365Ask her to send you the total $650.000.00 (Six Hundred and FiftyThousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all thepast efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated yourefforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Miss.merry williams. and instruct her when and how to get your fund.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time!
. at the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which i and the new partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, and be warn not to respond to any mail or message like this from unkonwn person because there is alot of hoax and hacking of mail expecially from Nigeria, as soon as thismessage past through net, message hackers will take advantage of it So be careful and feel free to get in touch with Miss. merry williamsand she will send the amount to you without any delay. With best regards, Usman Bello.

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