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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • +2348036073626 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +2348024292899 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +23417699839 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • m_debtmanagement@yahoo.com
  • centralbankonline-c@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "debtmanagement@terra.es" <debtmanagement@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:56:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: REF: FERES9ASWIFT/USD



REF: FERES9ASWIFT/USD
FROM THE DESK OF MR MANSUR MUHTAR
DIRECTOR-GENARAL FOREIGN DEPT MANAGEMENT OFFICE
PLOT 4 WUSE,GARKI. ABUJA
PHONE:234-8036073626
E-mail:m_debtmanagement@yahoo.com


ATTN:Sir


IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT


Owing to the blacklisting of Nigeria by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial crimes Prevention Network of the United States Treasury, effort have been intensified towards improving the image of the country.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD), in conjunction with the National Committee on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, under the auspices of the Federal Executive Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has deemed it fit and conspicuously agreed that CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC(CBN), should carry out all financial obligation /transaction forthwith, for and on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria and it’s Parastatals.


In view of that, the Committee, haven considered its consequence/implications and the emanation of the blacklisting, and thus came to the conclusion that it was as a result of the inability of various Government owned parastatals to offsets debts owed to it’s foreign contractors and the monumental fraud accosted it that culminated to the blacklisting.


Consequently, CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA PLC (CBN), under the surveillance of the Committee, with the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has assented and approved the payment of your contract proceed and, this will be credited to your designated bank account with immediate effect via this institution, through Acct No. FBN/CBN ACCT NO: 4000701-35 Prior to the final remittance as has been dully approved by the Executive Sub Committee of the National Committee on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, it will be appreciated if you will reconfirm your banking particulars to them,so as in order not to remit your fund in error.


Be of note that we are on a rescue mission and as such, will do everything within our powers to guide against infringement / infiltration from any quarters . In that context and to forestall further irregularities,
we will advise that any correspondence that does not bore (CBN), should be ignored, dishonoured and treated with caution as we will bear no responsibility for any loss sustained by any person or corporation
that fails to heed to this warning in the hope of receiving his or her contract payment long over due.
You are to contact CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (CBN) on Phone: 234-8024292899 FAX:234-1-7699839 or you can as well send an email to the GOVERNOR of the BANK via E-mail:centralbankonline-c@excite.com OR charles45_cbnonline@accountant.com


Get back to this office and brief us on the out come of your contact with the bank(CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA PLC)


Regards


Mr Mansur Muhtar
Director-Genaral Foreign Dept Managemnet Office






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