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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million united states 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.
  • moris_okoro07@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: moris okoro <moris_okoro11@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: moris_okoro07@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:05:05 +1000 (EST)
Subject: From The DESK OF MR. MORIS OKORO.


>From The DESK OF MR. MORIS OKORO.

Standard Trust Bank Plc
Plot 245 Adeolu Hope wall StreetVictoria Island
Lagos-Nigeria
Dear friend,

My name is MR.MORIS OKORO an Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK(STB).I am the personal Account Manager to late Engineer Anderson who was a foreigner, who used to work with an oil servicing company in Nigeria Here in after shall be referred to as my client On MAY 4th 2005 my client his wife and their three children were involved in a plane crash were All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their lives.

YOU CAN VERIFY THIS FROM THE WEBSITE BELOW:

http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515
00.ht=m
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate anyof my clients ended Relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts I decided to trace him over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($14 million united states Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.

Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are also a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($14 million united states Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money %60 for me and %40 to you. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Reply in my private box below

moris_okoro07@yahoo.fr

Best Regards
Moris Okoro



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