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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • macmane30@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mac mane <macmane30@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:44:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Read and Get back to me.


GLOBAL SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY.
PLOT 115/120,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS.

ATTN: FRIEND,

AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

I AM PLEASED TO GET ACROSS TO YOU FOR A VERY PROFITABLE BUSINESS PROPOSAL,THOUGH I DON?T KNOW YOU NEITHER HAVE I SEEN YOU BEFORE BUT I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY PRIVATE SEARCH.

I AM THE MANAGER OF GLOBAL SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY.
THE INTENDED BUSINESS IS THUS, WE HAD A CUSTOMER, A FOREIGNER FRENCH BUSINESS MAN, RESIDENT IN NIGERIA. HE WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT PARASTATAL HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF US$ 30MILLION (THIRTY MILLION US. DOLLARS)IN OUR SECURITY VOULT FOR SAFE KEEPING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAN DIED FIVE YEARS AGO UNTIL TODAY NON OF HIS NEXT OF KINS HAS COME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE MONEY.

HAVING NOTICED THIS I, IN COLLABORATION WITH ONE OTHER TOP OFFICIALS OF THE SECURITY VOULT HAVE COVERED HIS FILE ALL THIS WHILE.NOW WE WANT YOU (BEING A FOREIGNER) TO BE FRONTED AS ONE OF HIS NEXT OF KIN AND FORWARD YOUR ACCOUNT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE ADVISED TO YOU BY US TO ATTEST TO THE CLAIM. WE WILL USE OUR POSITIONS TO GET ALL INTERNAL DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP THE CLAIMS. THE WHOLE PROCEDURES WILL LAST ONLY TEN WORKING DAYS TO GET THE FUND RETRIEVED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT TRACE EVEN IN FUTURE.YOUR RESPONSE IS ONLY WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR AS WE HAVE ARRANGED ALL NECESSARY THINGS. AS SOON AS THIS MESSAGE COMES TO YOU, KINDLY GET BACK TO ME INDICATING YOUR INTEREST. THEN I WILL FURNISH TO YOU WITH THE WHOLE PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THE DEAL IS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED.

FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WE HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION. IT IS RISK FREE AND A BIG FORTUNE FOR BOTH OF US.WITH YOUR MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION, THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS. ALL CORRESPONDENCE TOWARDS THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE THROUGH TELEPHONE AND FAX AND E-MAIL.PLEASE REPLY THROUGH THIS E-MAIL;macmane30@yahoo.ca
I AWAIT YOUR EARLIEST RESPONSE.

Mr.MAC MANE.



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