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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • "abuja" (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.
  
• 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.
  • +447024013676 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • yusufmoham5500@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "F. Seiso F. Seiso f" <seiso_7@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:36:20 +0100
Subject: URGENT



Attn: The President /CeoFROM: PRINCESS f. SEISO


Greetings! I know you will be surprised to read a letter from me, consider this as a request from a family in dare need of assistance. I am {PRINCESS F. SEISO}, the wife of late Brigadier {JOHNSON SEISO} from Angola. I, on behalf of my late husband and my only son, Jonathan, decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$20.5million{Twenty Million, Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars} inherited from my late husband into your account or private bank account. Before the death of my husband, he was a Brigadier In charge of Arms and Ammunition Procurement for the Angolan Army. In his WILL, he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$20.5million,which he had deposited in a safe box of a Private Security Company in Abuja Nigeria, Infact, he said and quote "My beloved son, I wish to draw to your attention to the sum of US$20.5million.I deposited the said box containing the fund in a Security Company in Abuja, Nigeria.During the war, I was very dedicated and committed to winning the war against the rebels until when I found out that some Senior Army Officers and Government Functionaries were busy helping themselves with Government funds and properties, sending them to foreign countries. Due to this, when I and former special adviser to the President were assigned by the President (Jose Eduardo Santos) to purchase arms from Nigeria, he saw this as opportunity to divert the money for our personal use. When we divided the money, my share was US$20.5million .I did this incase of my absence due to death so that you, JOHANTHAN, your two sisters and your mother wouldn't suffer. You should solicit for assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of Nigeria for Investment. I deposited the box in your name and you alone with the deposit code can claim it. Your mother is with all the documents; take good care of your mother and your two sisters. Do not disappoint me! Good-bye.From this word of my late father, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depend so much on this fund as such I will be grateful if you can assist us. Now what I want you to do for us as an International partner is to help us clear this sum from the security company using your name as the beneficiary of the fund. You can contact my son (JONATHAN) who is now in london on his telephone number +447024013676 or through his email yusufmoham5500@yahoo.com for more details.We have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% for the expenses that might be incurred in the course of the transfer and the remaining 75% for the family investment abroad, which you will also assist us to materialize. Further information and discussion about this transaction will commence as soon as you give us the assurance and confidence that this money will be safe when transferred to your account and, please treat this matter with urgency. Thanks and God bless.
Regards, Princess F. Seiso (MRS)
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