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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • iheoma93@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:13:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Compliments of the season to you, my name is Barr. Charles Soji the lawyer to the Nigerian Vice president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Ever since my boss assumed office in MAY 2007 as the vice president of this great nation, (Nigeria) he seems to have lost privacy as everything he does its being noticed, announced and even televised. He can no longer leave his normal life.
It is on this serious note that he has asked me to look for a reliable foreign international who can handle the regular transfer of his money into a foreign account since he cannot do all that in his name to avoid being caught by the Nigerian government through her security outfits on money laundry. It¢s no more a news that Nigerian leaders amass wealth to themselves as a result of poor checks and balances in the system TRACEABLE TO CORRUPTION.
He has planned it that to every sum transferred which won¢t be less than $25m,you will always take to yourself as commission, 10% and remove also 5% as refund for expenses, then you will safe keep 85% for him in a separate account of yours until he comes and transfers it into his foreign account.
However, you are warned not to take advantage of his Excellency when the money gets to you and run away because of the situation of things here. you know he is still in active service and as such cannot come out openly to lay hold on you. So am making this passionate appeal that you try as much as possible to be honest in this business, assuring you that if he (the vice president) finds in you a trustworthy and reliable person, he will enrich and make you the envy of all.
Finally, do reach me out via E-MAIL and I will link you up with the Vice President so as to speak to him and subsequently commence this transaction within the shortest possible time and to every batch of the transaction which is bank to bank, it will only take us seven (7) working days to be fully completed. Email- --iheoma93@yahoo.com
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Regards
Barr. Charles Soji.
 
 

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