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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +447005804238 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348069714386 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: <drdo1966@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: davidokon73@yahoo.de
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:02:26 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST



Goodday!

I am Dr. David Okon, the Head of Project and Implementations Department of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development. I wish to express my willingness to transfer an overdue contract sum of US$21,000,000.00 to your Company's Account or Personal Account, through the Central Bank of Nigeria resulting from debt of contract & services rendered to agricultural development project (ADP).

This money emanated from over invoicing in a contract
awarded to a foreign firm, for supply and installation
of Agricultural Equipments and Fertilizer to
Agricultural Development Project (ADP) by the former
minister of agriculture for his personal purse but
unfortunately, he was unable to transfer this fund to
his purse before the emergence of this present
civilian administration.

I discovered this amount from the manifest recently
and secured a payment authority to authenticate the
transfer. Your Co-operation is highly required for
this project, note that you will be entitled to share
20% of the fund, 70% for me and 10% has been mapped
out for any incidental expenses incurred in the
process of the transfer.
This Deal is 100% covered from any form of enquiry,
the approvals obtained will be dispatch to you,
informing you extensively the progress on the
transfer. You are requested to send the following
information urgently:

({i} Acceptance letter of this offer

{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone and fax numbers

{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY.
We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$21,000,000.00 for your effort in this transaction, 70% for us partners here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer.


Please reply urgently by e-mail or eFax:+44-700-580-4238 as we
expect that the transaction will not take more than five working days. And please note that this transaction must be top secret.
You can also reach me on my mobile telephone number +2348069714386.

Your urgent reply is highly anticipated.

Best Regards,

Dr. David Okon.

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