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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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • philipbarker2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dolly martins" <dollymartins01@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: dollymartins_cbn@myway.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:15:08 +0000
Subject: FOR YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT

Dear Sir,

Having contacted our foreign fuduciary agency whom we had contracted their
services to deliever your payment by cash delievery since our effort to
liquidate this payment by wire transfer and cheque instrumention had failed
because of the current constant investigation going on concerning huge fund
transfer from African countries. i am obliged to inform you that an
international finacial insort national has be contracted to assist in cash
payment to our clients which your payment APPROVED TOTAL OF $16MILLION
UNITED STATED DOLLARS is a periority in the list.

Finance insort national has a branch in united kingdom, we had reached in a
confortable agreement with the president of the organisation to swing into
deal with us to pay all our foreign outstanding debts through cash
diplomatic delievery system. The FIN is a recongnised fincial syndicator
that has the ability to use the friendly connected banks and financial
institution to pay huge amount of bills to our approved clients. based on
this we had release your payment to the coffer of the organisation
whom is prepare to pay you in cash through diplomatic delievery to your
closest destination.

You are advise to contact the THE PRESIDENT FINANCE INSORT NATIONAL UNITED
KINGDOM
YOUR PAYMENT SORTING CODE IS wr/btf/oj/678. please qoute this payment
sorting code and request to direct you on the ful proceedure/process to
receive your payment through diplomatic cash delievery to your destination.

please state clearly your destination address and your telephone number to
reach him on following contacts immediately.

NAME PHILIP BARKER
EMAIL philipbarker2@myway.com

Tel 4470401303068

FAX:44- 8709125658.

You will receive your prompt payment .

thanks for your co-operation .

Mrs DOLLY Martins

DIRECTOR LOGISTICS (CBN)

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA



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