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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • drakimgeorge@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "akim george" <drakimgeorge@msn.com>
Reply-To: drakimgeorge@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:17:31 +0000
Subject: urgent response needed



NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FROM. The Desk OF: DR AKIM GEORGE
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (NNPC)
JOINT VENTURE

Dear Sir,
Compliments.
I strongly apologize for this unsolicited mail, but I am constrained by
circumstances surrounding my profession .I have the mandate of my colleagues
in office to solicit for your assistance for a deal we want to execute The
business involves the remittance of US$20.5M(twenty million and five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) to your bank account from the Central Bank
of Nigeria. The money accrued through deliberate over-invoicing of old
Projects executed for the Government by some foreign firms.
I and few officials here have worked out a scheme to benefit us along with
any foreign partner who obliges us the materials and channel to push out the
fund, our idea being to come over thereafter to share the fund with whoever
assist us. To make things easy and legal, the fund is reflecting in our
records as payable to a foreigner who did
a consultancy service job for the ministry during the turn around
maintenance of one our petroleum refinery.

All necessary and relevant documents will be procured for the release and
transfer of the fund into your nominated account Please get in touch with me
immediately through my email (drakimgeorge@yahoo.com) and Attention the
undersigned.
For your participation in realizing this as action 20% will be for you,
70% for me and other officials and 10% for any expense we may incur (both
parties) during processing for the transfer to your nominated bank account.
I am awaiting your response most urgently and is rest assured that this
transaction is 100% risk free, as there is no risk involved on both sides.
Thank you
and God bless.

Yours sincerely,
Dr Akim George

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