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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.
• 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.
  • +2348038020623 (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.
  • nnena.usman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nnena" <nneusman@excite.com>
Reply-To: nnena.usman@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:53:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PLS KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR DETAILS




OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCYABUJA -NIGERIACablegram: presidency. Ref: FGN/NHX/VOL. XX7-X1/06

URGENT

ATTEN : HONORABLE CONTRACTOR,

I am Mrs Nenadi E. Usman the Hon Minister of Finance. I want to find out before the end of this month, why your contract/claim of your part payment of Euro20.5 Million fund have not been credited to your account.

However upon resumption of duty as the new financial minister i was instructed by his exellency, president Obasanjo to clear the unpaid contractors left over by the former minister before the end of 2006 fiscal year. In one of the files on my table, it is that of your own provided with account of union Bank of Swizterland for the payment to be made. Kindly reconfirm your banking particulars to us to ascertain that am dealing with the right benefiary of funds. Your telephone and fax numbers and your full name for us to check with the one in our file. This is necessary to check any act of fraudulent activity arising from our estwhile officials Yours faithfully. Mrs Nenadi E. Usmanwww.fmf.gov.ngDIRECT LINE: 234-803-802-0623 REPLY TO: (nnena.usman@yahoo.com )Ministry of Finance FMF

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