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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +31616735656 (Netherlands, 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.
  • drucheokoh@yahoo.com.cn
  • mailmartinskuye@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: uche@uokoh.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:55:23 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Thanks for your efforts


From The Desk of Dr. Uche Okoh
Former Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria Gargi-Abuja
Email: drucheokoh@yahoo.com.cn

ATTN: Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.

Presently I'm in Japan for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary who is now in The-Netherlands, with the following information:-

NAME: Mr. Martins Kuye
E-MAIL: mailmartinskuye@yahoo.de
TEL: + 31-616 735 656.

Ask him to send you the total $800,000,00 Dollars which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time, so feel free and get intouched with my secretary Mr. Martins Kuye 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 this time, in the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get intouch with Mr. Martins Kuye ask him to send you the money without any delay.

Yours Faithfully
Dr.Uche Okoh.

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