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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
  • +2348080271416 (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.
  • chima_ugo234@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EDWARD EKE <edward_eke23@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:00:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!


Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I’m in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist us in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my Account Officer, At the Union Bank of Nigeria. With the below info.
Union Bank Plc
HEAD OFFICE
2 Ajose Adeogun Street
P. O. Box 72688
Victoria Island, Lagos
Tel: 234-8080271416
E-mail: chima_ugo234@yahoo.co.uk

Ask him to send you the total $7,000,800.000.00 (SEVEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which we kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist us in this matter. We appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my account officer Chima Ugo and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new Partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Chima on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards,
Edward Eke. (On behalf of other collogues)
Go ahead and contact him on his email address: chima_ugo234@yahoo.co.uk

Note: That because of the investment project am handling with the New Partner here, I will not be able to respond to any of your email till I'm through.


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