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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • mrs_caroline_eze@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "professor_soludo2005" <professor_soludo2005@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:32:04 -0600
Subject: GOOD NEWS


Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund released and transferred to London, under the cooperation of a new partner from united kingdom.

I just left Nigeria some weeks ago, I have travelled out to London, where he assisted to deposit the money.

I will finally remain in London for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my personal secretary, her contact is stated below,
Name:Mrs caroline eze
Email address:mrs_caroline_eze@myway.com
Contact her immediately and ask her to send you the international certified Bank Draft worth of $700.000.00(Seven hundred thausand US dollars) which I have dully signed under your name, which I mapped out for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
Note that if there is any correction need to be made on your name please I will advise you to reconfirm it as soon as you contact her, secondly please I didn’t make any provision for the delivery charges.

Please ensure that you give her the correct name and address as soon as you contacts her, I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my personal secretary MRS CAROLINE EZE and instruct her to send the Bank draft to you through diplomatic Courier service.

Please, do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings, and stress at that time, i am very busy here in LONDON because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to release the international certified Bank draft to you, so feel free to get in touch with her, and she will send the Bank draft to you without any delay.

Thanks, and remain blessed.
PROFESSOR CHARLES SOLUDO
(CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA GOVERNOR)

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