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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
• 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.
  • +2348034728998 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • kttcbn@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ABDULAHI ADAMS" <ableadams01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:35:22 +0000
Subject: Attn:Beneficiary/Contractor(REPLY ME URGENTLY)

>From Desk Of Dr J .A. Adams,
Director KTT/SWIFT PAYMENT UNIT
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN).
Tell:234-803-472-8998
Eamil:kttcbn@yahoo.ie

Attn:Beneficiary/Contractor

After waiting to hear from you for a long time now.l decided to make
this direct approach to you in other not to let it be as if I have
anything in mind against you.l do not know if you have asked yourself why
each time the release of this fund is approved,all of a sudden,the
payment will be stopped or one problem or the other will come up.if you have
not asked this question or you do not know, this is an opportunity for
me to tell you.

some time ago,your Nigerian friends, l mean the people that introduced
you to the project approached me through my dear wife who works with
the Federal Ministry Of Finance and requested me to assist them conclude
a money transfer deal they had with you. They requested me to assist
them by removing the original contractors name,company's name and bank
particulars from the Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN) vetting computer and
replacing them with your name and your bank details in order to make you
appear as the rightful beneficiary of this fund. I agreed on condition
that they will pay me US$70,000 as soon as your name appears as the
beneficiary. I did as agreed and demanded to be paid, but your friends
started telling me stories,they even told me you promised to send money to
me. Do you know that up till now,l have not received a single cent from
them and have not set my eyes on any of them.

Based on their attitude,l decided to stop the fund release movement
because l cannot be denied of my right in my own office considering the
risk as it might affect my job. Secondly,l know the source of the funds
that you did not execute any contract in Nigeria,although l am the only
person privileged to know this infromatin and it is a fact. Why l am
making this clear to you is that l can see that you are still making
efforts in order to conclude this project. Now l am ready to forget the
past. l do not need the US$70.000 any longer from you but a good
compensation from your mind. l need your assurance that those your
colleagues
will be tottally kept out of this transaction. l know that none of them
is aware of my new approach to you. Stop spending your money
unnecessarily to CBN Officers both here and overseas because you will not
receive
this money without my hand in it .l personally did the work at the
begining and only me can perform it.

Finally,l need your promise that no official of the Central Bank Of
Nigeria will be aware of my involvement in this regard because of my
position. Now re-assure that you will be willing to compensate me,that you
will assist my wife to establish a foreign account in your country where
my compensation will be lodged. Also a KTT FUND RELEASE APPROVAL
DOCUMENTS will be sent to you for endorsement after which l will remit the
money within 48 hours. l am a man of my word.If you are ready to conclude
this business with me, kindly contact me on my mobile phone or email so
that we can have a chat over this issue once and for all. But if the
reverse is the case, do not bother yourself to reach me and forget about
this money.
Yours faithfully

Dr Jomo A. Adams,
Director KTT/SWIFT PAYMENT UNIT
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN).
Eamil:kttcbn@yahoo.ie

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