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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • trotimi78@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • t_timi2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • t_timi1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?theodore=20rotimi?= <trotimi78@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: t_timi2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:36:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR THEODORE ROTIMI.


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : trotimi78@yahoo.fr



- FROM THE DESK OF MR. THEODORE ROTIMI. AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT. UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. LAGOS, NIGERIA. DEAR FRIEND, COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY AND HOW IS LIFE GENERAL WITH YOU? I HOPE THIS MESSAGE GET TO YOU IN GOOD SPIRIT AND SPEAK TO YOUR HEART TO NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF BECAUSE A NEW BEGINNING IS AVAILABLE EACH DAY THAT YOU AWAKE. STARTING AFRESH AND ACCOMPLISHING EVERY GOAL THAT GOD HAS PLACED FOR US THIS YEAR 2007. I AM MR. THEODORE ROTIMI, THE AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT, FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT UNION BANK PLC. I HAVE AN URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU. ON JUNE 6, 1998. (ENGR.STEVE MOORE) MADE A NUMBERED TIME (FIXED) DEPOSIT FOR TWELVE CALENDERER MONTH VALUED AT US$15.500.000.00(FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) IN MY BRANCH. ON MATURITY, I SENT A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDED ADDRESS BUT GOT NO REPLY AFTER MONTHS WE SEND A REMINDER AND FINALLY WE DISCOVERED FROM HIS CONTRACT EMPLOYEE (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) THAT LATE ENGR.STEVE MOORE DIED FROM AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE DIED WITHOUT MAKING A WILL. ALL ATTEMPTS BY THE AUSTRALIAN TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN WERE FRUITLESS. I THEREFORE MADE FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERED THAT LATE (ENGR.STEVE MOORE) DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN OR RELATIONS IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDING HIS DEPOSIT DOCUMENT IN MY BANK. THE TOTAL SUM OF US$15,500,000.00 IS STILL IN MY BANK AS DORMANT ACCT. NO ONE WILL EVER COME FORWARD TO CLAIM IT. ACCORDING TO NIGERIAN BANKING LAW, AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE MONEY WILL REVERT TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT. IF THE ACCOUNT OWNER IS CERTIFIED DEATH AND NOBODY COMES FORWARD TO CLAIM IT THIS MONEY WILL BE CLAIMED BY CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THIS IS THE SITUATION, AND MY PROPOSAL TO YOU IS THAT I AM LOOKING FOR A FOREIGNER WHO WILL STAND IN AS THE (BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN). THIS IS SIMPLE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO IMMEDIATELY SEND ME THE DETAILS OF A BANK ACCOUNT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR ME TO ARRANGE THE PROPER MONEY TRANSFER DOCUMENT. THE MONEY WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE ACCOUNT FOR US TO SHARE IN THE RATION OF 60% FOR ME 40% FOR YOU. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. I AM USING MY POSITION AND CONNECTION IN THE BANK HERE TO DO ALL THE INSIDE WORK FOR THE TRANSACTION. WE SHALL EMPLOY THE SERVICES OF AN ATTORNEY TO DRAFT THE WILL AND OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION IN YOUR FAVOR FOR THE TRANSFER. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE GUARANTEED. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE REPLY WITH IMMEDIATE CONFIDENTIALITY AND BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS TRANSACTION COULD BE MOST PROFITABLE FOR BOTH OF US PLEASE DO NOT EXPOSE THIS DEAL IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF YOU DO, IT WILL TAKE ME OUT OFFSET AM AWAITING YOUR URGENT REPLY FOR MORE DETAILS YOU ARE ADVICE TO GET BACK TO ME ONLY ON ANY OF MY PRIVATE E-MAILS BELOW :-( T_TIMI2@YAHOO.CO.UK) OR (T_TIMI1@YAHOO.CO.UK) THANKS FOR YOUR MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION, BEST REGARDS, MR. THEODORE ROTIMI

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