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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "JEN JAMES"<profcharles_nig1@myway.com>
Reply-To: jen_james100@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:10:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: VERY URGENT


ATTN:THE DIRECTOR /CEO,AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSALI am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal. Though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.I am the manager of United Bank for Africa Plc. (UBA) , Ilupeju branch,Lagos Nigeria. The intended business is thus; we had a customer, a Foreigner (a briton) resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Government parastatal. He has in his account in my branch the sum of US$7.5 Million (seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) .Unfortunately, the man died four years ago until today non-of his next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having noticed this, I, in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank we have covered up the account all these while. Now we want you (being a nutral person)
to be fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims.The whole procedures will last only ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future.Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary things.As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest.Then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the dealis successfully concluded.For your assistance we have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction. It is risk free and a mega fortune. I await your earliest response.Thanks, Yours SincerelyMiss. JEN JAMES

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