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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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)
  • "this business is hitch free " (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.
  • +2348057497426 (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.
  • judth001@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "judth002@terra.es" <judth002@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:09:55 +0100 (MET)
Subject: BEST REGARD Mrs judith eguono


MRS JUDITH EGUONO
Standard trust bank plc
Tel:-+2348057497426

Attention:-Sir/Madam

I am an Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC, My name is MRS JUDITH EGUONO, I am writing following the impressive information about your profile through the website your capability and reliability to champion this opportunity. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of $15.5M, [Fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars]. In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in APRIL,2004 in a ROAD ACCIDENT.

On this note, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and propertyleft behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were
lodged, particularly the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC .Where the deceased had an account Valued at about usd.15.5M, [Fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars] has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after
realizing that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will
give you 30% of the total.Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized with in five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter.Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
Yours faithfully,

REPLY TO THIS MY Email(judth001@excite.com)
tel;+2348057497426
Best regards





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