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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • gabrielalex0020@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: MR GABRIEL ALEX <gabrielalex@nonomail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 5:04:36 +0100
Subject: READ THROUGH (PRIVATE)



Reply-To: gabrielalex0020@hotmail.com

Message-ID: <08d4bcb94455413cc0cd28c3e179b413@localhost>

X-Sender: gabrielalex@nonomail.com

User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-20051021

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

FROM THE DESK OF : GABRIEL ALEX. (B.Sc-UNN : Ph.D M.Sc. MNIM:MCIA)

PROJECT MANAGER, BUDGET AND PLANNING.

The President/CEO.



WITH RESPECT,



I AM SENDING THIS LETTER BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US IN YOUR BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($41.5M) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.



WE ARE MEMEBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM.THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES AS REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.WITH OUR POSITIONS,WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$41.5M) THIS AMOUNT WAS ACCUMULATED THROUGH UNDECLARED WINDFALL FROM THE SALES OF CRUDE OIL DURING THE GULF WAR.



WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ACCOUNT WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERED,SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH US$8.3 MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS,WE KEEP US$31.125 MILLION WHILE US$2.075 MILLION OF THE EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECCESSARY TAXES.



IT MAY INTREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO(2) YEARS AGO A SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH THE ONE MR.PATIENCE MILLER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135,EAST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK.10022 WITH TELEPHONE NO (212)308-7788 AND TELEX NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 5%. THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO HIS ACCOUNT ONLY DISSAPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW-YORK AS WE WERE RELAIBLY INFORMED THAT MR,PATIENCE.MILLER WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS,WHILE HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NO HAS BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOMEONE ELSE,THAT IS HOW WE LOST US$27.5M TO MR PTIENCE MILLER.



THIS TIME AROUND,WE NEED A MORE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH HENCE THIS LETTER TO YOU,SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF US41.5MILLION IS TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.



IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU,PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR RESPONSE, SO I CAN ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION.ALL MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED,WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.



APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I SHALL BE IN NEED OF YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.



YOURS TRUELY,

GABRIEL ALEX.

PROJECT MANAGER BUDGET AND PLANNING

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