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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
  • tombello042@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tombello041@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?tom=20bello?= <tombello042@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: tombello041@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:58:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY URGENT REPLY


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : tombello042@yahoo.fr



- I am Mr.Tom Bello,Bank Manager of wema bank ltd,Lagos Branch.I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in lagos,Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not made own to them.Actually,I listed your name amongst four other names & prayed overthem & decided tocontact you directly.I have a very rgent & confidential bussiness proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest. On june 6 1997,an American oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered time(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at USD$27,000,000.00(twenty seven million dollars) in my ranch.Upon maturity,i sent a routinenotification to his forwarded address but got no reply.After a month we sent a reminder,& finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC,that Mr.Barry died in an utomobile accident.On further investigation,i found out that he did not leave a WILL & all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I therefore made further investigation & discovered that Mr.Barry did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents,including his bank deposit paperwork.you are to send your full name, contact Address and telephone/fax number VERY URGENT REPLY.(tombello041@yahoo.com)

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