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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 sum of money" (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)
• 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.
  • +2341802522014

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr mrs Ngozi Iweala" <ngozifinanceminister@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:36:16 +0000
Subject: RE:REPLY

FROM: DR.MRS NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA, MINISTER OF FINANCE NIGERIA       DEAR SIR, MADAM.  I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MY SELF TO YOU, I AM DR.NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA, MINISTER FOR FINANCE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SREACH AT THE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN NIGERIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONESTY, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE. FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUND  AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO.THERE IS THIS OUR GOVERNMENT MONEY THAT WE WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT AND THE SAID AMOUNT WORTH [$55.M] FIFTY-FIVE MILLION USD. BASED ON THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRENGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE CHANNELD INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ONE OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.  IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS OUR PARTNER SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND ALSO ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BENN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM DIFFRENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 20% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS. WHILE WE KEEP 75% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET THE EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES. IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOURS FAITHFULLY, DR. (MRS) NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA OFFICE LINE-+234-1-8025220140

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