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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 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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • johnpaulkoroma18@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • johnpaulkoroma16@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?JOHN=20KOROMA?= <johnpaulkoroma18@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: johnpaulkoroma16@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:28:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER DEAR


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: johnpaulkoroma18@yahoo.co.uk

JOHN PAUL KOROMA

METROPOLITAN BANK NIGERIA LTD

HEAD OFFICE 24, IDOWU TAYLOR STREET

P.M.B 73266

VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-NIGERIA


REPLY BACK TO ME AT THIS EMAIL; johnpaulkoroma16@yahoo.com


DEAR,


I AM JOHN PAUL KOROMA. IN CHARGE OF BILLS AND FOREIGN

EXCHANGE REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN BANK NIGERIA LTD.

I AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR

SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS

OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN UNCLAIMED SUM OF

$24.5MILLION (TWENTY FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN AN

ACCOUNT BELONGING TO ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER, WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WITH

THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN YEAR 2001.


SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH WE HAVE BEEN

EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY.


UNFORTUNATELY,NEITHER THE FAMILY NOR THE RELATION HAS

APPEARED TO CLAIM THIS MONEY. WE CANNOT RELEASE THIS

MONEY UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR

RELATION TO THE DECEASED.


OUR BANKING GUIDELINES INDICATED THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED

FOR

A PERIOD OF FOUR (5) YEARS, IT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE METROPOLITAN

BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. AGAIN WITH THE RECAPITALISATION POLICY

FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, WHICH ELAPSE THIS DECEMBER 2005.


ANOTHER OFFICER AND I IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO

TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT OF

KIN OR RELATION OF THE DECEASED FOR EASY COLLECTION

SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DONT WANT THIS

MONEY TO GO BACK INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS THE

UNCLAIMED DEBT.


IN FACT MY FRIEND AND I HAVE AGREED TO URGENTLY ARRANGE TO TRANSFER OUT

THIS MONEY THROUGH ANOTHER FOREIGN BENEFICIARY OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM. SO

PLEASE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY SEND TO ME YOUR

TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO SEE THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS

TRANSACTION SUCCESSFULLY ON TIME. PLEASE IF YOU ARE

INTERESTED SEND ME AN IMMEDIATE MAIL SO THAT I CAN

EXPLAIN THE DETAILS TO YOU TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS.

NOTE: THAT OUR BANK IS WORKING ON THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS, ISSUED BY

THE

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, IT MEANS THAT OUR BANK WILL BE MERGING WITH

THREE

OTHER BANK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTH, AFTER THE MERGER, OUR NAME WILL CHANGE

TO THE YET TO BE DISCLOSE NAME.

WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE


REGARDS


JOHN PAUL KOROMA



- JOHN KOROMA

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