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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348034785785 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • fundinvestigationbody@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?fund=20investigation?= <fundinvestigationbody@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mikeglory4@myway.com
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 01:52:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FUND INVESTIGATION


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

NIGERIA INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

4TH FLOOR MARY LAND

LAGOS NIGERIA

MOTTO: SECURITY WATCH

TEL:234-803-478-5785


From the desk of :MR MIKE GLORY


Attention:BENEFICIARY


BE CAREFUL OF HOODLUMS.


Sir/Ma,



Based on the findings of this investigastion department, we wish to warn you against some touts.We have been informed that some touts are contacting you in respect of the collection of your fund in the total sum of $35 Million U.S.A Dollars that was long approved in your favour through the Global Exchange Bank of Nigeria.As a matter of fact we have been on this investigation assignments for some time unknown to no one but the Presidency and some top government official who are in

support of this investigation team to help stop fraudulent activities in this country.

Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally

and i wish to list some of them so that you will personally indicate them by writting back because we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any

of them. The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows.


1) PROF CHARLES SOLODO

2) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI

3)DR. R.RASHEED

4) BARRISTER AWELE

6)BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.

7)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi

Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member

8)Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector

Surveillance / Board Member

9)Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia


Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member

The above listed names have been traced/investigated by the police and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she will be jailed for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is duely listed under Decree 47 of the constituition of this bank under the sub- section of criminal law.So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names or other names not mentioned herein and hereafter have once contacted you in respect of anything that pertains to your fund,dont waste time to indicate and get back to us immediately.Note that the only office/paying bank that have right to pay or contact you in this Transfer is the GLOBAL EXCHANGE BANK OF NIGERIA which is headed by the bank Governor. You must deal directly with them and do what so ever you are asked to do because that is the only way you will achieve the success of the transaction.

We applogise on behalf of the President and the people of Nigeria for any dealy and lost this must have caused you and promise that such a thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment,we

urge you to stop because you are taking a big risk and you will never find your money anywhere because your money is with

the above named bank.



Finally, we are expecting to hear from you today Thanks for your good understanding while we wait for your urgent response to this mail.

Yours truely,


MR MIKE GLORY (Chairman Investigation Department)

DR. DONALD SMITH(Deputy Chairman Investigation department).



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