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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)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • patrickego7@yahoo.no (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WILLIAMS HOWELL" <info280@mailqatar.com>
Reply-To: <patrickego7@yahoo.no>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:10:02 +0300
Subject: REPLY URGNTLY


FROM DESK OF MR.PATRICK EGO,
The Manager Credit and foreign Bills
FINANCIAL TRUST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
Victories Island,P.O.BOX 3674
Lagos-Nigeria.
Email :patrickego7@yahoo.no

Dear Friend,

I AM MR.PATRICK EGO the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of FINANCIAL TRUST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Burke Sean a football coach, an American by citizen who perished in a plane crash{Korean Air Flight 801} with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this web site.http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his fund of US$35.5M Million Five United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come to be the next of kin, to the fund.

And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Ten Years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when I was making a research on a foreigner, i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I will give you 30% of the total amount then 10% has been mapped out to donate to the motherless babe home, while the remaining 60% will be for me, and my partner. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will type sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within five banking days of receiving your response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my personal email patrickego7@yahoo.no

Yours Sincerely,
MR.PATRICK EGO.

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