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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348035853220 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • barristerben_hugo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chifeodinkwa adams <chifeodinklwaadams@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <chifeodinkwa@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:00:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER NEEDED


best one,

I hope this will not look embarrasing or form of a scam to you.I am chife Odinkwa Adams formal chairman of oil traders market in Delta state of Nigeria and also a good politician in my country.Due to the wickedness of my enemies and my oppositions in this present government they have vowed to ruin my life.

Right now my case is in court and have been postponded to further notice for more verivica tion because i have been acuse of embezzlement of money from my state and right now am in police costordy and have been in dentension,so to be on a saver side of protecting my diginity i have the sun of (2.5milion us dollas)deposited in a bank in london and i need an urgent transfer of this money to your account and thesame time i need an honest and trust wardy person,so that after this transaction you will take your own percentage which is (25percent)and my own money will get back to me. So contact my barrister with this no (+234-803-585-3220)for more directives or email him with his address(barristerben_hugo@yahoo.com)and pls make it confidetial for some reasons thank you.
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