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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:
  • "this mail will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transfer into your 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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "John Peter" <johnpeter205@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:10:54 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION

Mr,John Peter.
Secretary, Niger Delta Development Commission,
Old Secretariat Complex,
Victorial-Island, Lagos.
Dear sir / madam,
I am Mr. John Peter, an official in the Nigerian Government and also a
founding member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I guess this
mail will come to you as a surprise, I belive it's God's direction, the fact
is that you and two other people where the result of my search for a foreign
contact.
I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an
overseas account were we would transfer some funds into, hence the reason
for this mail. We shall be Transferring the money to your account with you
as the beneficiary, under the guise that you are being paid for a contract
which you/your company executed for our country through the NDDC and any
other Federal Ministry that we decide to use to siphone the funds through.
My committee - The Niger Delta Development Commission (N.D.D.C.) - which is
in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues
for the Nigerian Government which covers payment to foreign and local
contractors that have executed contracts for our country. The revenue under
our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly. Myself
and other colleagues in the N.D.D.C. are currently in need of a foreign
partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Forty-Nine
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($49.5M). This fund was
accrued from various over invoicing of foreign contractor's payments made
over the years.
The Total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN
INDEPENDENT REVENUE account of the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, by
virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the N.D.D.C., we
cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top civil
servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank
accounts outside our country for now.
For your support and partnership, please reply me through this reserved mail
box, john_p_chamber,Your percentage will be discaused, you must however note
that this transaction with regards to our disposition to continue with you,
is subject to the terms. Firstly, our conviction of your transparency,
Secondly that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality and above all, that you will provide an account over which
you have absolute control. This transaction, although discrete, is
legitimate and there is no risk or legal liability either to ourselves or
yourself now or in the future as we have put in place the neccesary
machinery that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your account upon
acceptance.
The transfer will be effected to your account within ten to fourteen (10-14)
working days from the date we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a
suitable bank account and company name and address with all your contact
numbers fax/telephone.
I look forward to doing business with you and do seek your transparency in
this transaction, Please mail your response to me through <john_p_chamber>
so i can also give you my phone contact numbers and update you on our plans
as to how we intend to actualize this. Moreso, I will also appreciate you
send me your Tellephone/Fax number in your response.
Sincerely yours,

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