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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • osy_1nwa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Osy Nwabueze" <osy_5nwa@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: osy_1nwa@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:08:36 +0200
Subject: Good day i need your help

Dear ,
I got your contact from the Ecowas Infomation Center in SENEGAL.
My sources of your contact gave me the courage and
confidence.
My name is Osy Nwabueze. Age28 years, i'm living in the refugee camp here in dakar senegal, i'm the only Son of Major DR DULAZI Nwabueze was the managing director of RICHARD COCOA INDUSTRIES (Ltd) in KIGALI (the capital city of RAWANDA my country) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish
in your country, though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk
confiding in success sometimes in life,
Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or
anywhere save enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieved these fund from the Financial Security Company Dakar Senegal and Transfer it into your Bank account in your country for investment purposes,
the sume of US$18.2million) Eighteen million two hundred thousand united state Dollars.which my late father intend to invest in to real Estate and industrial production. so if you can assist me and claim this fund from the Financial Security Company Dakar Senegal, where this fund has been head. I will give you 30% for your assitance, i am wating for your respond
have a nice day, you can reply me to my private box osy_1nwa@yahoo.com
Best regard
Osy nwabueze

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