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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2348045155488 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Deborah Akande" <ibusagen@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:52:32 +0000
Subject: Private/Urgent

FEDERALTREASURY BOARD
CONTRACT EXAMINATION & PAYMENT UNIT
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
PRIVATE EMAIL:
TEL:234-804-5155488


Attention:Honourable Contractor

RE : CONTRACT PAYMENT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION



Your file was forwarded to my desk for payment
verification after presidential instructions on onward
payment due to all federal government
of Nigeria Foreign contractors
Behold that I have carefully gone through your file
and honestly saying, this claims is one of the over-
invoiced perpetrated by the past top government
functionaries and claims of deceased ones with huge deposite
with some of the commercial banks in Nigeria
such claims are normally recommend for
forfeiture back to federal government treasury. But I
must confess to you that the antecedence of your
claims are almost perfect, for this I have develop a
lot of interest to work with you and have the sum of money in
question released to you,over $32.500.000.00 USD, if
you are willing to work and share this amount with
me 50-50%, half to you and
half to me. I have political ambition in the next
electoral dispensation come the year 2007 and with
this I am sure of building up a strong political
empire . Advise me a. s. a. p of your true position


Dr MRS DEBORAH AKANDE (PhD Econs.MA Admin.MON)
FEDERAL TREASURY BOARD
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


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