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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • dridi_daniel20@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: IDITO DANIEL <dridi_daniel@masini.ro>
Reply-To: "IDITO DANIEL" <dridi_daniel20@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:00:49 EEST
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


FROM THE DESK OF DR.IDITO DANIEL:
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
FALOMO COMPLEX,LAGOS NIGERIA.



I am Dr.IDITO DANIEL,the Director General of the Contract Review/Awarding Unit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).An Oil Consultant/Contractor Engineer.JONATHAN SMITH executed a contract for the Federal Government of Nigeria,awarded under my Ministry in the year 2003.His contract payment has been approved,but US$20 Million out of the total contract sum,is an over-invoiced/inflated amount which was a delibrate act by me and my colleagues during the Contract Review/Awarding process.

In view of this,we are soliciting your assistance in the remittance of this over invoiced sum of $20m to a Foreign Account.We will use your Contacts to get all the necessary payment approvals from the Presidency and Central Bank of Nigeria as a sub-contractor that executed a contract along with our client.The entire process would be legally worked out and executed under a legitimate arrangement to protect both parties from any Breach of the Law,and for a hitch free remittance to any Foreign Account that you shall provide.

On receiving your positive response,I would be ready to divulge more of the information to you on how to claim the funds without any hitch,and we can then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the transfer.I would forward my Contacts and official Identifications to you as soon as I get your response.

Observe utmost confidentiality,and be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,and would be most profitable for all of us.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.
Regards
Dr.Idito Daniel
Email:dridi_daniel20@yahoo.co.in



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