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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • jonathanadeyemi@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JONATHAN ADEYEMI." <jonathanadeyemi03@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:47:19 -0800
Subject: Contact me ASAP.

good day,

I am contacting you with reason that we are going to
be of great use to each other.

My name is Jonathan Adeyemi, I was the 'PERSONAL
ASSISTANCE' to the
former First Lady, Chief (Mrs) Stella Obasanjo. Untill
her death, she was the
Late wife of Chief olusegun Obasanjo, President Of the
Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Before I go into further details please be informed
that I am writing without any
other person`s pre-knowledge of my contacting you,
Therefore I will appreciate same
attitude to be maintained.

All through the Days before
the death of the Late First Lady,
she revealed to me a deposit which she deposted with my name in a Bank
located
here in Nigeria for security reasons, though she told me that
the money is the sum of US$18 Million which
was her share from a secret oil transaction while she
was in the office.

After the burial of the Late First Lady, I made
frantic effort on my best possible way to
handle this money. I sought advice from a close friend
of mine who sugested that I
must seek for a trust worthy foreign business partner.

However, i sincerely ask for your assistance to get
this Funds out of Nigeria, and your share for assisting
me will be 25% of the total sum, 5% will be used for
upsetting all the expenses incurred in the course of
concluding
this venture and the remaining 70% that will be for me
and my family.

The money will be released within 7 days of my
being in receipt of your reply
and I want to assure you that this transaction is 100%
risk free.
In case you have any question do not
hesitate to contact me as I wait for your swift and
favourable response to my email:jonathanadeyemi@hotmail.com

Thank you.

Best Regards
Jonathan Adeyemi.

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