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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • edwinmadu01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edwin_madu1@terra.es" <edwin_madu1@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:12:56 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Good Day To You,


Good Day To You,

I am Mr. Edwin Madu of Union Bank Of Nigeria. On July 6,2004, our client Dr. Ravia Pumin, a businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit of US$16.5m for 6 (six) calendar months, Upon maturity my Bank officially sent two-man delegate to his residence in Malaysia were he reside only to find out that the business mogul and his family are dead.
It was discovered that Dr. Ravia Pumin did not declare any next of kin in his official papers, including the paper work of his bank deposit and no one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to the laws in Nigerian Government, at the expiration of 2years the deposit will revert to the ownership of Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim it.
I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Dr. Ravia Pumin to enable you receive the funds.
Contact me via my personal email address:edwinmadu01@yahoo.com
I need your full names, address and fax and telephone numbers if you are interested.


Sincerely,


Mr. Edwin Madu.





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