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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • d_bright001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID BRIGHT" <s_p_osakwe@flashmail.com>
Reply-To: d_bright001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:02:26 GMT
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED SIR

Sir,

I am David Bright a Manager with Brentwood Security &
Finance Company here in London and we have a Nigerian named
Diepreye Solomon Peters Alamieyeseigha the impeached
Governor of Bayelsa State in South-South of Nigeria
currently facing charges resulting from misappropriation of
his state's fund who made a huge deposit with us.

Most of the funds have been recovered by the federal
government of Nigeria but he has the sum of five million
pounds (£5million pounds) lodged in a Bank in London,and
this, he has given me the go ahead to secure a foreign
account where the money can be transfered to before it is
discovered by Nigerian officials.

It will intrest you to know that the management of the bank
has promised me their full co-operation if the foreign
account owner accepts the offer of receiving the funds in
order to protect their customer. After the transfer however,
the money shall be shared in the following
percentages:Account owner (you) 25%, our men including the
Governor 70% and 5% will be used for expenses that will be
incured in the process of the fund transfer.

Indicate your interest within the next few days as I await
your response via this email address: d_bright001@yahoo.com

Best regards,
David Bright.

NOTE: I will also suggest you visit these news sites on the
Internet to be better informed about this.

http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5302&z=12
http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5269&z=10
http://ndn.nigeriadailynews.com/templates/?a=5929&z=12
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f124092005.htmlhttp://agon
ist.org/story/2004/6/14/122041/463
http://websearch.edition.cnn.com/search/search?

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