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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • +447075757102 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447724012945
• 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.
  • morrismartins@gazeta.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Morris Martins" <morris_martins@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: morrismartins@gazeta.pl
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:16:18 +0000
Subject:


Sir / Madam,
We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$8,500,000.00 dollars only, into our official ESCROW account with EURO PACIFIC BOND TRUST in conjuctions with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African Development Bank (ADB & CBN)CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA incharge of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Next of Kin payments in Africa, as indicated in our database.

Kindly provide us with the below information by fax # +447075757102, to reconfirm your details in our database for immediate remittance into your designated account;

Beneficiary name:...........................................................................

Address:.......................................................................................

Tel:.............................................

Fax:.........................................

Receiving Bank:..............................................................................

Address:........................................................................................

Bank Routing Number:............................ Swift Code:.......................

Account number:.............................................................................

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further communication with your associate in any of the African countries for they contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds. Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our operational paying bank, the HSBC Bank in London, UK for immediate transfer of your allocation into your designated account upon receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our database.

Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice. Please reply me my private mail box,(morrismartins@gazeta.pl) for security reasons

Yours in service,

Dr. M Martins.

Manager, Foreign operations Dept.
D/L: +44 7724012945

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