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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • johnpaulcoroma1@yahoo.com
  • johnpaulcoroma@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?John Koroma Paul=20Koroma Paul?=" <johnpaulkoroma1@wanadoo.es>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 05:21:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject:


JOHN PAUL KOROMA
UNION BANK NIGERIA LTD
HEAD OFFICE 24, IDOWU TAYLOR STREET
P.M.B 73266
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-NIGERIA


I AM JOHN PAUL KOROMA. IN CHARGE OF BILLS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN BANK NIGERIA LTD.
I AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN UNCLAIMED SUM OF $24.5MILLION (TWENTY FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT BELONGING TO ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER, WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN YEAR 2001. SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY.
UNFORTUNATELY,NEITHER THE FAMILY NOR THE RELATION HAS APPEARED TO CLAIM THIS MONEY. WE CANNOT RELEASE THIS MONEY UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED.

OUR BANKING GUIDELINES INDICATED THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR (5) YEARS, IT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE
UNION BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. AGAIN WITH THE RECAPITALISATION POLICY FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, WHICH ELAPSE THIS DECEMBER 2005.

ANOTHER OFFICER AND I IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION OF THE DECEASED FOR EASY COLLECTION SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DONT WANT THIS MONEY TO GO BACK INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS THE UNCLAIMED DEBT.

IN FACT MY FRIEND AND I HAVE AGREED TO URGENTLY ARRANGE TO TRANSFER OUT THIS MONEY THROUGH ANOTHER FOREIGN BENEFICIARY OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM. SO PLEASE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY SEND TO ME YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO SEE THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION SUCCESSFULLY ON TIME. PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED SEND ME AN IMMEDIATE MAIL SO THAT I CAN EXPLAIN THE DETAILS TO YOU TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS.

ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE SENT TO THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: johnpaulcoroma1@yahoo.com OR johnpaulcoroma@myway.com


NOTE: THAT OUR BANK IS WORKING ON THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS, ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, IT MEANS THAT OUR BANK WILL BE MERGING WITH THREE OTHER BANK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTH, AFTER THE MERGER, OUR NAME WILL CHANGE TO THE YET TO BE DISCLOSE NAME.
WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

REGARDS
JOHN PAUL KOROMA





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