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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348050644449 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • samegwu11@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Egwuatu Mr.Samuel" <samegwu3@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: samegwu11@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:50:40 +0700
Subject: Very Urgent Attention,


*From the desk of International
Relation Zenith Bank plc
12 Adeola Odeku, Ikoyi
Lagos-Nigeria
+2348050644449.*

*Very Urgent Attention,

Please permit me to introduce my humble self to you, I'm Mr. Samuel Egwuatu,
the Manager of International Relations with Zenith Bank of Nigeria plc, I'm
41yrs old, and I got your email address on the Internet and my confidence
reposed on you. I hope you will read this message Carefully and reply me
immediately. Although we have not met before, but I Suggest that this
transaction will bring us together. My dear, we have a foreign customer
residing here in Nigeria with his family by name Hamilton Creek. He is a
citizen of Atlanta Georgia in United State of America.He has been a customer
of the bank for the past four years.*

*Unfortunately,while on his way with his family to the airport here in
Nigeria they got involved in a car accident leading to the death of the
entire family.As a result of this urgly scenario,the management of Zenith
Bank mandated me to look for any of his relatives/next of Kin to claim his
accumulated fund trapped in our bank. This i have done through various
contacts with the American embassy here in Lagos, Nigeria without
success.From the information obtained from the embassy it was discovered
that the deceased had no existing family/next of kin.
*

*As at this moment, nobody or person[s] is coming to claim this Money from
our bank. The board directors and management of our bank has Told me that if
nobody or person[s] apply for the claim of Mr. Hamilton Fund, the bank will
return Mr. Hamilton's Fund into our Federal Reserve. In the Light of the
above, I want you to stand as the Relation/relative of Late Mr. Hamilton
Creek, I want you to act as the Hamilton's relative, so that you will
inherit Mr. Hamilton Creek Money which he deposited with our bank, it might
interest you to know that Mr. Hamilton has a Domiciliary Bank Account with
our Bank and he has a total sum of US$9.2M Nine Million Two Hundred Dollars,
this is the exact amount which late Mr. Hamilton Creek has in his
domiciliary Account, and this money is still in his account as unclaimed
money.*

*This transaction is very easy and simple, and it is 100% risk free, I'm the
Manager for International Relations with Zenith Bank of Nigeria Limited, and
the Management and Board Directors of the Bank are waiting for me to provide
to them the Relation or next of Kin to late Mr. Hamilton Creek, of which I
told them that I am still searching the next of kin to the deceased.
Finally, if you are interested with this transaction, I will front you To
the bank as the only next of kin to late Mr. Hamilton Creek, and I Will let
the bank know that you are the only right person to inherit Late Mr.
Hamilton Funds and properties.*

*If you agree with me, I will Present you to my bank as the rightful
person/next of kin to Late Mr. Hamilton Creek, and all Mr. Hamilton Creek
Properties and his Money US$9.2M Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
will be transferred into Your Own Account as Mr. Hamilton Creek next of
kin., if you are interested, Just email me on my direct, private and
secured Email Address if you are interested, late Mr. Hamilton Funds will
be credited Into your Account and all his Properties will be released to you
either Through Courier Services or the Bank will Cargo all his properties
to You in any were you want it.

So reply me immediately andlet me know What you say, feel free to ask any
questions. We will share Late Mr. Hamilton Creek Funds 50-50; you will take
50% of the US$9.2M. Which is? US$4.600, 000.00 Four Million Six Hundred
Thousand Dollars, while the Balance of the same amount will be mine.

I will be waiting for your Immediate response,

Thanks and have a nice day.
Friendly Regards
Mr.Samuel Egwuatu.
N/B: Please reply to my personal
mailbox:(**samegwu11@hotmail.com*<samegwu11@hotmail.com>
*) *

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