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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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: "MALLAM IDRIS" <dridris005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dridris005@nyc.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:28:57 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATION

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Federal Ministry of Finance Foreign Operations Dept Suite 5b,
Old Federal Secretariats Ikoyi Lagos.
Tel: +234-01778899323

Dear, I am Mallam Idris, working with department of Foreign Operations,
Federal Ministry of Finance. I got your contact through a search for an
international business partner. This transaction requires mutual
understanding, transparency and absolute trust to be executed.

One Mr. Pakir Kubani from India executed a contract with the Federal
Ministry of Aviation here in Nigeria, the contract worth is Thirty Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar (US$30.500,000.00),but on the
process of transferring the money to him, he died with his family in an
earthquake disaster that occured in India.

Meanwhile this fund is presently in the Central Bank Vault. Nobody knows
what is going on execept me. This is the information of the contract
executed by Mr. PakirKubani. Contract Number: FMA/SLE/BIR/99Contract Sum:
US$30.500,000.00 Therefore, you will stand as the Trustee for the Original
Contractor.

I will send to you the whole relevant Documents that are required in this
transaction immediately you accept to co-operate with me. Send to me your
(1) Private Telephone and Fax Numbers (2) The name of company you wish to
use. (3) Your banking details to enable us start the deal Immediately, I
have decided to give you 45% of the fund for your involvement, 5% will be
for expenses, then 50% will be for me. This deal is 100% risk free and needs
maturity from all the parties involved.

I will be going for my retirement very soon. So I need this money to invest
in viable projects in your country or its environs. You shall arrange for us
to meet with you immediately after we transferred the money to you.

I am waiting for your urgent response.
Best regards.
MALLAM IDRIS


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