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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • mosesadams1@i12.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Moses Adams" <mosesadams1@i12.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:32:59 +0000
Subject: Business

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE
MOSES ADAMS,
NNPC TOWERS IKOYI,
Lagos, Nigeria.


Attention: The President/Chairman

PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF FIFTY MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS. (US$50.400M) TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Your contact address got to me via export promotions council, your
reliability and trustworthiness in business transaction was the
main conviction that compelled me to solicit for your support in
is deal. I am the Financial Controller of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Lagos, Nigeria and Secretary to the
Contract Award Committee of my Ministry.In collaboration with my colleagues, we have agreed to transfer out of the Country through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) some amount and we will later reinvest it abroad after the success of this transaction.

The amount involved is Fifty Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$50,400,000.00). This is as a result of over inflated amount of a contract. The contract has been already executed and the original contractor had collected his full and final payment.In as much as this contract was awarded toa Foreign Contractor and the payment in dollars, we now need a Foreign firm that will present itself as the contractor for this amount of Fifty Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$50,400,000.00)and then the fund will be transferred into your account. Since we do not want to use the orginal contractor in applying for the payment, because the Contractor is not aware of this over-invoicedsum.Therefore, I as the Financial Controller was told to write you by my colleagues and see the success of the remittance immediately,you will however, be required to furnish us with these necessary informations.

1. Your personal phone and fax number for easycommunication
2. Name and Address of your Bank, Phone, Fax and Telex numbers
3. Your Account number where this money will be

lodged into and the Beneficiarys name. It could be personal or
corporate.These information will enable us put APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the release of this money from concerned Government Agencies and it
will last for ten working days. For your assistance we have agreed

that the fund will be shared as follows:
You as the Account Owner 20%
Miscellaneous Expenses 5%
Officials Involved 75%

Now, we assure you that all arrangements have been
concluded forthesuccess of thistransaction, so if you are
interested,reply us STRICTLY THROUGH the e-mail( mosesadams1@i12.com )

Yours faithfully,
MOSES ADAMS,

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