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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:
  • "abuja" (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.
  
• 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.
  • drkalmalimusa_22@myway.com
  • drkalmalimusa11@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "drkalmalimusa_22" <drkalmalimusa_22@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 18:47:35 -0600
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT


Director, Project Implementation,
Federal Ministry of Health and
Social Services,
Abuja Nigeria.
Strictly Confidential
Atte: Ceo/
Director
ATT,IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT
Transfer Of $7.5M (Seven million five hundred thousand UnitedStates dollars).
May I crave your indulgence to this business discussion by a formal letter of this sort, its is pertinent that business of this magnitude should have commenced properly with a formal meeting of you and us to enable us know ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the nature of the business, discuss and acquaint our selves with the responsibilities and functions of parties concerned, However, for the time factor and personalities involve we have chosen this means of communication to start, I am Dr. Kalmali Musa the Director for Project Implementation for Federal Ministry of Health and Social Services Abuja Nigeria.
Based on the approval of the above stated amount for contracts awarded to an offshore company for the supply of health equipments in my ministry, we intend to transfer this amount to an offshore account and we solicit your assistance and cooperation on the assumption that you
will not disappoint us because as civil servant workers we are not allowed to operate an offshore bank.
This amount arose as a result of over invoiced and over inflated contracts in my ministry. We therefore seek your permission to remit this amount into your account or any other nominated account you can provide for us. Your commission will be 40% of the total sum, 10% for expenses
and the remaining 50% is for my colleagues and me.
Could you please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and state your willingness to assist and give us your private telephone number and fax number for easy contact. I shall inturn inform you of the modalities to secure the immediate transfer of the fund into your account, here is my
Private e-mail you can reach me for more
details;drkalmalimusa_22@myway.com OR drkalmalimusa11@yahoo.com
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.KALMALI MUSA.
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT...........

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