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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • frank.twum@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANK TWUM BARIMAH" <frank_twum1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frank.twum@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:48:27 -0500
Subject: TO WHOM THIS CONCERN

DEAR SIR/MADAM
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE GOTTEN THIS EMAIL AS A RESULT OF ERROR PLEASE DELETE
IT.
TO WHOM THIS CONCERN

CONTACT ME ON THIS EMAIL: frank.twum@yahoo.co.uk
FOR SECURITY REASONS

My name is FRANK TWUM BARMAH, the only son of late Mr. And Mrs.KOSSA
BARIMAH. My father was a very wealth Crude merchant in the Niger Delta, the
economic capital of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, my father died during
the political war crisis that going on in the Niger Delta my
country. My mother died when I was a baby when she was about to delivers a
new baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my
father on november 2002 in a private hospital here in Nigeria he called me
on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of FIFTEEN
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.(£15.500,000) left in a fixed/suspence
account in one of the Bank in London, as a family treasures that he used my
name his only son for the next of kin in depositing of the fund. He also
explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he
was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for Some one in
a country of my choice who is God fearing and honest that could help get
fund out of the Bank as my relative, and have the money transfered to
his/her Account and use it to help me come over to the Country, and
give me the best of Education, and for investment purpose which will go a
long to inprove my life.I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance
in this regards again.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

(1)Can you stand as a guardian of this since fund since I am only 15
years old?
(2)Can you make an arrangement for me to come over to your country to
further my Education and to secure a resident permit in your country?
(3) Can you honestly take me as your own and help me?
(4) Can I completely trust you?
(6) What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for
you after the money is in your account?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible so that i can
forward all the informations to you after we have agreed on the conditions
for your assistance. My life is not afe here and i need to be out of here as
soon as possible because now that my father is dead and am only a male
child, firstly the political war crisis are still going on here in my
country and secondly my uncles are seeking to kill me so that they can have
all my fathers properties. i really don't want to struggle anything with
them in terms of properties but my presence will still be disturbing them.
thank God they are not aware of this fund in the bank hence, I want to leave
here as soon as you help me to cleared funds from the bank in London and
lodge it into a safe account in your stable country and then help me to come
over to meet you. Without your help, i will find it difficult to travel and
clear it myself alone with my little or no experience since am just 15 years
of age.I await for your urgent reply so that i can give you the contact of
the bank for you to contact them as you are my guardian.

CONTACT ME ON THIS EMAIL: frank.twum@yahoo.co.uk
FOR SECURITY REASONS

Thank you so much.
Best Regards,
FRANK TWUM BARIMAH

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