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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)
  • "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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • kareem_musa@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KAREEM MUSA"<abc_defe@myway.com>
Reply-To: kareem_musa@myway.com
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:10:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Confidential and urgent










Confidential and urgent. Dear Friend,With due respect,trust and humility, I write you this day of a tragic death of His Highness Sultan Maccido, THE SULTAN OF SOKOTO, the foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria in the ADC plane crash on the 29th of October 2006, for more information about the crash go tohttp://africanpress.wordpress.com/2006/10/29/airplane-disaster-kills-many-in-nigeria/I was his personal assistant before his death, right now I have a very important information concerning a huge amount of money worth (Thirteen million United States dollars) $13,000,000 which he deposited in a security company to be precise in order to finance his son's presidential ambitions this 2007,unfortunately his son also died in the same ill-fated air crash. Right now, nobody else know of this deposit apart from me, I have with me all the information regarding the deposit of the box, hence I will provide them to you once you notify me of your willingness to work with me to claim this
money for our use.What I want you to do is provide me with your full names,company name,address and your direct telephone number through my private email (kareem_musa@myway.com ) So that we can procure all the necessary documents that will facilitate the release of the funds to you from the security company as the beneficiary. I have plans of investing my share of the funds into stock-exchange and real estate business abroad. I have decided that we will share the money 50/50 as soon as the money is released to you. Anticipating to hear from you. Remain blessed. KAREEM MUSA.

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