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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • uzomo2007@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uzoegbu moses <uzomoses33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <uzomo2007@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:51:38 +0100
Subject: LETTER OF INTENTS



LETTER OF INTENTS
DEAR SIR /MADDAM
First, I must apologize to you for using this medium to communicate to You about this project. I am a highly top Government official, and also a member of the ruling party in Power. the Peoples Democratic Party .My committee Federal Ministry of petroleum Resources (FMPR) which is in Charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales Revenues for the Nigerian government in our locality Niger Delta, which covers payment to foreign and local contractors who has executed contracts for our country.
The Revenues under our control runs into several hundred of millions of Dollars monthly. Myself and my colleagues in the {FMPR} are currently in need of a foreign partner with whose bank account we shall transfer The sum of Forty Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($10.5m). This fund was accrued from various over invoicing of Foreign contractors payments made over the years.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the {FMPR}, we cannot acquire this fund in our name. This is because as top Civil servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own OR operate Foreign Bank accounts outside our country for now.We have since moved the fund to oversea security deport and finance company My colleagues have delegated me as a matter of trust, to look for an overseas partner in will claim this fund on our behalf. We have all the legal doccuments that you will need to produce to claim this fund.. I must let you know that this is risk free . We decided and willing to give you 30%, of the total sun and 10% to offset any expenses we may incur during this project and 60% will be for us and for your information we are going to invest it in your country with your assistance. Please if you are interested in the project, what you have to do now is to send your full contact address including your phone and fax number for easy communication and also your bank information where you want this fund to transfer into.You can send me email through my private mail box; uzomo2007@gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you. Best Regards, ENG. UZOEGBU MOSES. {Federal Ministry of petroleum Resources }
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