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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • chidi_okonjo2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "chidi okonjo" <chidi_okonjo2007@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:35:18 +0400
Subject: Strictly Confidential

NEED YOUR MAXIMUM HELP
Dearest one,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not be able to see you face to face at first. I am Chidi Okonji-Iweala the son of the
Former Minister of Finance of Nigeria, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and based on the present situation of my country which you can read from the website below:
http://odili.net/news/source/2007/jul/21/399.html
My mother has been sued to court for receiving over inflated salaries in dollars and the present Government are asking to refund the sum of N206,000,000
which is about twenty eight million US dollars only.($28,000,000)
She succeeded in sending Ten million US dollars ($10,000,000) outside Nigeria to UAE via a special diplomatic courrier service of which I was
smuggled alongside with the consignment.
I am presently living in a hotel here in Dubai with the fund in the Diplomatic Security Vault. My quest is to get a honest foreign investor whom will assist
me retrieve this fund and invest in a lucrative business in his or her country.
Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me transfer this money out from Dubai to your account abroad so that we should invest it in any lucrative
business in your country because this is my only hope in life.
Your handsome reward is negotiable and I promise to compensate you greatly.
Awaiting to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable, please kindly contact me through e-mail address or call
chidi_okonjo2007@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding .
Best Regards,
Chidi Okonjo Iweala
00971501520248

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