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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.
• 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.
  • buikemigwe55@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • igwebuikem@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "igwe buikem008" <igwebuikem008@mail.mn>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:23:42 +0200
Subject: Hello,


Hello,

I introduce myself as Barr Igwe Buikem a staff in
the accounts management Section of a well-known Bank here in the London.
One of our accounts with holding balance of $11,600,000 Eleven Million
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) has been dormant and last operated in the
past 3 years.

From investigations and confirmations, the owner of this
account is a Foreigner by name Gerald Stone died on the 4th of January
2004 on a plane crash.Since then nobody has done anything as regards
the claiming of this money as he has no family Member who is aware of
the existence of either the account nor the Fund
Information from the National Immigration also states that he was single on
entry into the
London.

I have confidentially discussed this issue with some of the
bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to
deal with.

We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as
the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and funds released to
you after due processes have been followed.This transaction is
totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is Legitimate and does
not originate from drug, money laundry,
On your interest, To us to proceed i need this Information below.

Name...................................
Address.................................
Occupation..............................
Age.....................................
Mobile Phone/Fax............................


You can reach me on my direct phone/Fax number for more details, Ph
44-7045704781, Fax-447075020518. Reply Through my direct Email Address,
buikemigwe55@yahoo.it Or igwebuikem@jmail.co.za
Regards,
Barr Igwe Buikem

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