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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:
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
• 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.
  • johnsonugo1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHNSON UGO" <johnsonugougo@mailqatar.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:29:07 +0300
Subject: Mr.Johnson Ugo

Very Urgent Attention,

Please permit me to introduce my humble self to you, I am Mr.Johnson Ugo,The Managering Director of International Relation with Access Bank of Nigeria plc. I'm 41yrs old, I got your email address on the International business directories.I Would like you to read this message carefully and reply me immediately. Although we have not met before, but I suggest that this transaction will bring us together.My dear, we have a customer,a Foreigner but based here in Nigeria, his Name is Mr.Raymond Beck.He is from Atlanta Georgia United State of America,but reside here with his wife and his two children.Mr.Raymond Beck has being banking with our bank for the past 3yrs,some times August 2002. Late Mr. Raymond was on his way to his house,andunfortunately, Mr.Raymond ran into a Trailer load of Groundnut Oil, and died immediately,their car got burnt, no single soul was saved,Mr.Raymond Beck and his entire family was confirmed died. The Board of Directors and The Management of Access Bank has andated and instructed me to look for Mr.Raymond Beck relatives and his next of Kin to come and claim Mr.Raymond Beck's Fund.Based on this,I have been looking for Late Mr. Raymond Beck relatives/Next of Kin since August 2003 till date to come and claim his Fund which he deposited with our bank.I have make several nquiries/contacted at the America Embassy and all my effort was unsuccessful for locating his relatives,so its quite unfortunate that
Mr.Raymond Beck died along with all his family embers.The reason why I contacted you is this,Since Mr. Raymond Beck is dead,and his only son whom supposed to inherit his properties and money also died with him. As at this moment, nobody orperson is coming to claim this money from our bank.

The Board of Directors and Management of our bank has told me that if nobody or person apply for the claim of Mr. Raymond Beck Fund, the bank will return Mr.Raymond's Fund into Federal Government Reserve Account.In view of this, I will want you to stand as the Relation/relative to Late
Mr.Raymond Beck, so that the fund will be transfered into your bank account as the real next of kin, and all his left behind will be converted to your name. However, it might interest you to know that Mr.Raymond Beck has an A/M Blocked Tested Domiciliary Bank Account with our Bank which is amounting to the sum of US$9.2M Nine Million Two Hundred Dollars, and this money is still in his account as unclaimed money.

As a matter of fact, this transaction is very transparent,easy and simple, and it is 100% risk free. As an insider and Manager for International Relations with Access Bank of Nigeriaplc,the Management and Board of Directors of the Bank are waiting for me to provide to them the Relative or next of Kin to late Mr.Raymond Beck,which I told them that I am still searching the next of kin to the deceased. Finally, if you are interested with this transaction, I will present you to the bank as the only next of kin to late Mr.Raymond Beck,and I will let the bank know that you are the only right person to inherit late Mr.Raymond's Fund and properties. To facilitate this,If you agree with me, I will present you to my bank as the rightful person/next of kin to Late Mr.Raymond which I know hat it will only take us few bank working days to transfer the fund into your desinated bank account.If you are interested, just email me or call me on my direct telephone number,and secured the content of this letter to aviod betrayal of trust. Please I'm relying my confidence in you as a sincere partner to joined hand with me,so thatwe can ultilize this great opportunity. Reply me immediately and let me know whatyou say, feel free to ask any questions.As it may be, you will be entitled of 50% of the total sum (US$9.2 Million) Which is (US$4.600,000.00) Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars, while the Balance of the same amount will be
mine.

I will be waiting for your immediate response.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Friendly Regards

Mr.Johnson Ugo

NB: Please reply to my personal mailbox:johnsonugo1@gmail.com
This is my private mailbox, Thanks.

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