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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 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.
  • dr.johnson1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR GOODLUCK JOHNSON <drgjohnson11@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:53:59 +0000
Subject: Good Day!



Good Day! Dear Friend, I am glad to communicate with you, please read this letter to your understanding. I am Dr. Goodluck Johnson, contact email: dr.johnson1@yahoo.co.uk I am an accountant of Shell Co-operative Union Savings and Loan Port Harcourt Branch. I am contacting youbased on a (Dormant Account) owned by Late Eng. William Rogers whose death occured on the attacked with some other Shell Engineers by the protesting villagers in Eleme Village Port Harcourt. Unfortunately, he lost his life on the tragedy. Late Eng.William Rogers is a citizen of your country, he was previously an assistant project engineer under Shell Petroleum Company Port Harcourt Branch Nigeria. I used to be his personal accountant before his death. All his properties was repatriated to Shell Petroleum Company Housing Estate and the account that he has with our institution has remained dormant because there is no declearation of next of kin to lay claim to the fund since after the tragedy. I am contacting you because it has completed 3 (Three) years Late Eng.William Rogers and his personal attorney passed away. We can now lay claim to the fund valued at US$4,960,000.00M and the law will not be against us. It's free to claim such fund after three years and being his personal accountant and with my position in Shell Co-operative Union, transferring the fund to your account will only take us 4 days for the confirmation of the fund in your account after which, I will let you know how you will transfer my own share to me. Since the fund is free for us to claim, we are going to share 50 / 50 to enable us work it out accordingly. Contact me with your Full Names,Contact Address, Phone Numbers and Identity Photograph and be rest assured that your information is save with me and is not going to be use for another thing than to see this transacton through to your account. I look forward hearing from you today.

Regards,

Dr. Goodluck Johnson.
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