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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:
  • "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.
  • +2348053261184 (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.
  • transferunitcbni@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fmf_fedminisn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "USMAN NENADI" <usmanenadi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fmf_fedminisn@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:02:25 +0000
Subject: URGENT CONTACT

 

DEAR SIR

 

Following the favourable consideration of your  fund and in furtherance of our duties and in accordance with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) payment regulations as contained in the Federal Government of Nigerian constitution, section 12c sub section 14 of 2000 as amended in 1999.

 

Be informed that this office has this day, the 9th  September 2006, approved for remittance, the total sum of USD15.5m (Fifteen million,five hundred thousand us dollars) representing your outstanding contract funds .

In favour of  you being the beneficiary.

 

To enable the immediate completion of the remittance procedures, be informed that clearance has been given to FEDERAL RESERVE BANK(FRB) NEW YORK BRANCH,to effect the full payment of your funds in earnest through bank to bank transfer

.

You are urgently advised to forward contact the verification and remittance Unit of the issuance bank in person of Dr Jerry Jones and endorse your file,he will direct you to the paying Bank being the Federal Reserved Bank New York United States.

 

Below is Dr Jerry Jones contact details.

 

DR JERRY JONES

EMAIL: transferunitcbni@yahoo.com
TELEPHONE: +234-80-5326-11-84
DR JERRY JONES:DIRECTOR VERIFICATION AND  REMITTANCE UNIT CBN

 

We congratulate you for successfully being listed on the payment
scheduled for this quarter.

 

Kindly revert back to me using this email fmf_fedminisn@yahoo.com

 

Regards

Mrs Usman Nenedi

www.fmf.gov.ng

Email: fmf_fedminisn@yahoo.com

 

FMF

 

 

 

 

 

 

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