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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  • drjameselumelu00@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr James Elumelu <drjelum1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drjameselumelu00@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:10:43 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL



36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS,NIGERIA TELEGRAM: UNION BANK BRANCHBIG, STRONG, RELIABLEE-mail:- drjameselumelu00@yahoo.com OURREF:UBN/435/xo/026Date: 28/8/2007 My Dear Friend, I am the Auditing and Accounts Operations Manager of Union Bank Nig.Plc(U.B.N) .In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of $26.000.000.00 (TWEENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Mr. Morris Thompson,) who died along with his entire family in February 2000 in a plane crash. For more information about the crash visit this site: http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money. Unfortunately we learnt that allhis supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in theplane crash. His younger brother was killed by hired assassin.please indicate yourinterest to assist me in converting this money for our mutual benefit .mail me today for more information and conditions of pour partnershipin the deal. Best regards,Dr.James Elumelu.Union Bank Nig.Plc(U.B.N) .
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