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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "lagos" (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 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.
  • max1paddy@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Max Paddy <ma12paddy@tiscali.de>
Reply-To: maxpaddy@ubbi.com.br
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:34:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,


NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX, IKOYI,

P.M.B. 1270I, LAGOS.



From The Desk of:Dr Max Paddy

B,SC. (UNN) M.sc. Ph.D:MNIM: MCIA

MANAGER 11, BUDGET AND PLANNING

OFFIC TELEPHONE NUMBER(234-807-7794512)



DEAR FRIEND,



WE ARE SENDING THIS MAIL TO YOU BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE
FOREIGN TRADE OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY.WeBELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE IN A POSITION TO ASSIST US IN OUR
BID TO TRANSFERTHE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED

STATES DOLLARS($41.5M USD) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT. WE ARE MEMBERS OF

A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, NIGERIA.



THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH THE APPROVAL AND

APPRAISALS OF CONTRACTS, IN ORDER OF PRIORITY AS REGARDS CAPITAL

PROJECTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. WITH OUR POSITION, WE

HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES, THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($41.5M USD). THIS AMOUNT WAS

ACCUMULATED THROUGH UNDECLARED WINDFALL FROM THE SALES OF CRUDE OIL DURING THE GULF WAR.



WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ACCOUNT INTOWHICH THIS FUND

WILL BE TRANSFERRED SINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR

LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER

OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH $8.3M USD OF THE REMITTED FUND,

WE WILL KEEP $31.125M USD WHILE $2.075M USD WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET

ALL EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES.



IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO, A SIMILAR TRANSACTION

WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, THE PRESIDENT OF CRAINE

INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH STREET,

28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK 10022; WITH TELEPHONE NUMBER (212)308-7788 AND TELEX

NUMBER 6731689. AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH MR.

MILLER WAS TO TAKE 5%, THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERRED INTO HIS

ACCOUNT ONL TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK, AS WERE RELIABLY

INFORMED THAT MR.PATRICE MILLER WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS, WHILE

HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS HAVE BEENRE-ALLOCATED TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT WAS HOW WE LOST $27.5M USD TO MR. PATRICE MILLER.



THIS TIME AROUND, WE NEED A MORE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A

REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH, HENCE THIS MAIL TO YOU. SO, IF

YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND ARE INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL,

THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. ALL WE NEED FROM YOU IS

THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF

$41.5M USD IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.



IF THIS PROPOSAL MEETS YOUR INTEREST, EMAIL ME SO THAT WE CAN ADVISE

YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION. ALL ODALITIES OF THE

TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14

WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED. THIS

TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE.



REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASE OF

COMMUNICATION.



PLEASE, TREAT THIS MAIL AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE EMAIL ME ON:(max1paddy@sify.com)

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS WE LOOK

FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.



YOURS FAITHFULLY,



DR.MAX PADDY


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