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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found 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.
  • +2348033899939 (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.
  • revarinze1@tiscali.cz
  • rarinze@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Arinze Daniel" <revarinze4christ@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: revarinze4christ@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:04:42 +0100
Subject: Urgent reply needed.

FROM THE DESK OF
REVEREND DANIEL ARINZE.
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA.
PHONE: +234-8033899939.
EMAIL: revarinze1@tiscali.cz

Dear Sir,
I am Reverend Daniel Arinze, a personal accountant to late Mr. Louis Harry,
a national of your country, who used to own an oil servicing company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their three
Children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express road. All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. A total sum of $30
million dollars was deposited by my client before his death which i was the
personal accountant that managed his account. I know that my client had no
living kin but I went ahead and made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my clients extended relatives but this has proved
unsuccessful. I only did so to be double sure of this fact. I contacted you
to stand as the next of kin of the deceased as i have all the necessary
information's for you to claim this fund because this bank are planning to
confiscate the fund as they have waited for the past year and could not see
any of the relation to claim this fund. The law of this bank stipulated
that, after 5 years if no one comes to claim the fund,the bank will
confiscate the fund and declare the account as unserviceable. For the past
years, I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, now I seek your
consent to present you to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get
in touch with me by my email: rarinze@yahoo.com so that i can call you
on phone to enable us discuss more.

I look forward to your urgent response.
Best regards,
Reverend Daniel Arinze.

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