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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • bandisolomon90@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Solomon Bandi <bandisolomon90@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: s.bandi777@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:38:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANTS IS HIGHLY NEEDED.........Respond Immediately!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bandisolomon90@yahoo.com



- Dear sir/Madam,Permit me to inform you about my desire to seek for assistant from you and I have the believe that you are going to help me out successfully,but firstly about myself.My name is Solomon Bandi, the son of late chief & chief Mrs Joseph Bandi,My father was a very wealthy Gold and Diamond merchant who based in Accra,I am the only child.Well when i was a kid i went to private schools and things were going on well for me and my parents,till when i was in high school, after my mother died,My father took me so special because I am motherless, and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he will never have another woman because he did not want me to suffer in the hands of another woman so he never remarried.But before the death of my father,in a private hospital here in Ghana,he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sum of usd$6.500.000 (Six million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank here in Ghana.Meanwhile that he !
used my name as the next of kin on the day of deposit of the fund, He also explained to me that it was because of this money that made his business partners to poisoned him,that i should seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer this money and use it for investment purpose,such as real estate investment or stock market investment.Please, I am honorably soliciting your kind assistance as follows,1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfer into. 2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 19years old. 3) To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transferring of this fund to your nominated bank account overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded within seven (7) working days from now.I am !
expecting to hear from you as soon. May Almighty God bless you as you
do care for me Amen.

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