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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:
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • g_eze400@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Godwin=20Eze?= <g_eze400@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: godwineze2008@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:44:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD DAY


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : g_eze400@yahoo.fr



- I am Godwin Eze,the Accountant with Wema Bank Plc of Federal republic of Nigeria.We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000.00 in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 1997 in a motor accident.The owner of this account is Engineer Steve Moore,a foreigner,And No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and the money involved is(US$15,000,000.00).so Please reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step to take immediately.I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus:30% for you as foreign partner,60% for me and 10% for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by me and you during the course of this business.Upon the successful completion of this transfer,I will come to your country and mind our share.Meanwhile,I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as a beneficiary.Please,I need a truthful and God fearing person in this Business because I don't want to make a mistake so I need your strong assurance and trust.To commence this transaction,I require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return E-mail and inclose your private contact telephonenumber,Fax number,full names and address and your designated Bank coordinates to enable me file letter of claim in your favor to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.Yours sincerely,Godwin Eze

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