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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348024160856 (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.
  • lagos@millennium.cjb.net
  • millennium@millennium.cjb.net
  • dubai@millennium.cjb.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Millennium" <themillennium1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:10:46 +0400
Subject: Do you want to live in Dubai?....the city of Gold.

Do you want to live in Dubai?....the city of Gold.

If your answer is yes....we can arrange Dubai visas 100% total satisfaction guaranteed to enable you live a better life and plan for your future.

Learn more about DUBAI at:- http://www.godubai.com/

Contact us today for more details at:-

LAGOS OFFICE:
Millennium Publications & Printing Co. Ltd.
Suite #106,
Tawakalit Shopping Complex
Prime Touch College Bus Stop
Km 9 Lasu-Isheri Express Road,
Obadore,
Lagos- Nigeria.
Tel: +234 1 4744600.
Mobile: +234 80 24160856.
E-mail: lagos@millennium.cjb.net
millennium@millennium.cjb.net
Website: www.millennium.cjb.net

DUBAI OFFICE:
Millennium City Stationery LLC.
Al Nakheel Street,
Deira Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
Phone: +971 50 2054373,
+971 50 7054665
E-mail: dubai@millennium.cjb.net
millennium@millennium.cjb.net
Website: www.millennium.cjb.net

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam