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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "PROF NWEKE" <prof-nweke12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: prof_nweke21@yahoo.se
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:10:22 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.

SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central bank of Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1
Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of
the scammed victims, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate
payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations, I want you to know that during the
last UN meetings held at Abuja,Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the
rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by variouse
foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world
today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of
the country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1 Million USD
each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,
the payments are to be paid by Central bank of Nigeria as corressponding
paying bank under
fundling assistance by the National westminster bank london.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have
more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each.Your
particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in
Lagos Nigeria as one of thier victims of the operations, you are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason
what so ever, the US secret service is already on
trace of the criminal.

For more vital information,please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options
you choose,DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE
TRANSFERS, I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear
from you.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Nweke

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