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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • accessbanknigeriaplc@rediffmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC <accessbanknigeriaplc1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: accessbanknigeriaplc@iett.net
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:49:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC.


FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMERCIAL BANKING EAST
ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC
Plot 1665, Oyin Jolayemi Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
TEL/FAX: +234-1-850-1636
+234-1-470-3691
EMAIL: accessbanknigeriaplc@iett.net
accessbanknigeriaplc@rediffmail.com


Attention: Amarjit Singh,

Sir,

On behalf of the entire management of the Access Bank Nigeria Plc, we wish to inform you that based on the meeting of the board of directors and instruction from the office of the presidency yesterday, in conjunction with United Nation, World Bank (WB) and International Monitory Fund (IMF) on contract/Inheritance matters.

Based on this development, be advised that the transfer charge on your Inheritance funds, which was formally programmed to be paid to you via telegraphic transfer has been cancelled and to inform you of the procedures and ethics of the bank to effect every second quarter payment via Diplomatic immunity cash delivery to beneficiaries. Be also informed that your payment have been programmed among other payments to be received via diplomatic immunity cash delivery to your door step in your country UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

However this system was introduce to guide against American surveillance, monitoring out going funds from African continent and other continents, because after September, 11 attack on world trade centre and the recent bomb blast in the United Kingdom, American government and the United Nation tends to confiscate any payment above 1 million dollars going out of Africa. Therefore to avoid this, this method of payment were put in place by the Nigeria government to ensure beneficiary receives their payment without any hitch.

More so, by Friday, being 14th of July, 2006 your consignment boxes containing your fund will be among other consignments that will be leaving the shore of Nigeria to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA via diplomatic immunity cash delivery, which were packaged in two metallic boxes. You are to take care of the clearance charges of the consignment on the arrival of the diplomats in the airport, therefore make arrangement for the collection of your inheritance funds as soon as the diplomat arrive UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Meanwhile, it was handed over/presented to the diplomats as family treasures and precious stones. Therefore, in no condition should you let them know the actual contents of the two metallic boxes. Immediately after handling over the consignment to you, you should try and inspect them before their departure of the diplomats.

Be also informed, that upon the arrival of the diplomats in the your country UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, they will call you up to make available funds to obtain the DIPLOMATIC YELLOW TAG, which will give the consignment a diplomatic immunity so that the security agent at your neighboring local airport will not search and intercept the consignment as been packaged and clear them from the airport.

The consignment will be accompanied by our representative from the bank to ensure safe delivery to you, you will always rely on our representative because the diplomats for assistance while in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Reconfirm your home address, direct telephone number and two pages of your international passport or any valid ID as form of identification so that as soon as they arrive, they will get in contact with you to come forward for claim.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND UNALLOYED COOPERATION.

YOURS SINCERELY

OBINNA NWOSU
+234-1-850-1636
+234-1-470-3691
ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC.

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