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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • austenin@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Austen Obigwe" <austenin4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: austenin@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:46:51 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNER NEEDED

36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS,

NIGERIA TELEGRAM: UNION BROAD BRANCH

BIG, STRONG, RELIABLE

 

OUR REF: UBN/435/INT'L/026/27                                                                         

 

 Dear Sir/Madam,

I have the honor to confide this information in you and to request for your pleasure to assist as allegeable citizen. My name is Austen I.N. Obigwe Executive Director UBA Bank Corporate and International Banking. I made discovery of an abandoned sum of $15,315.800.00 in an account, beneficiary Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied .

 

Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied  was before his regrettably death an International Crude oil consultant with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. (NNPC) Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied . confided in me as his account manager but little did I know that he is late until the annual departmental checks and balancing auditing. Since than, UBA Bank is expecting Late Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied  beneficiary to come up with claim application of his money unfortunately, Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied died without written any codicil.

 

United Bank of Africa (UBA) will be glad to welcome you as the current beneficiary of this fund been from the same continent with late Engr. Lomeli D. Goldschmied .Always remember that this is the highest confidence and trust any person can repose on the other, especially when it is considered that we did not know ourselves before. I hope you will honor me too, and guarantee that I will have unlimited access with you and when the funds hit your account.

 

For your assistance as regards keeping the funds for a period time of five year, you will be compensated with $765,790 (5%) of the total sum. Please I am counting on your absolute confidentiality.

 

Contact me on Email: austenin@rediffmail.com , expecting your immediately response.

Regards

 

Austen I.N. Obigwe
Executive Director
Corporate & International Banking
Union Bank Plc.

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