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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • jorizu2006@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?cool=20hi=3F?= <jorizu2006@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:08:16 +0800 (CST)
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


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FROM ENGR. JAMES ORIZU

Tel. 234-80-57197447. Direct line.



Dear friend


RE-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.


I Engr James Orizu, the director of Contract award Department of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with my colleagues have a Kick Back and Over Invoice sum of US$18M we realize from the contracts we awarded three years ago. The original contractors had received their jobs value while the said sum is left floating in the NNPC coded account with the Apex bank of Nigeria unclaimed.


According to the civil servant Act of Nigeria, as civil servant still in active service we are forbidden to own or operate foreign account, this thereby made it impossible for us to apply for the release of the fund. Based on this, we are seeking your partnership to stand as the beneficiary to the claim.


Very importantly, the deal is 100% risk free as with our position in the Corporation we shall procure all relevant documentations that will make the release smooth from the Apex bank of Nigeria. Upon your acceptance, we shall discuss the mode of execution and what will go to each person at the conclusion stage of the deal. Looking forward to reading/hearing from you urgently via telephone or E-mail.


Yours truly,


Engr. James Orizu.




- JAMES ORIZU

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