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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • rrev_frank07@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rrev frank <rrev_frank02@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:46:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: re-confirm


Federal Ministry of Finance

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja, Nigeria
EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN RELIEF & FISCAL POLICY
RE:OVER INVOICED CLAIMS PAYMENT OF USD28.7. MILLION
DOLLARS ONLY VIDE CONTRACT.
NO:FMF/PED/456/X987054

Dear Sir/madam,
With due respect, I am a director with the Federal
Ministry of Finance and was instructed by the Hon
Minister of Finance to find out before the end of this
month, why your contract/ claim of your fund have not
been credited to your account, after instructions has
been passed to all
various Government parastatals that all over due
contract/ claim payments should be released as a lot
of petitions by beneficiary's is being received by the
Minister.
Your bank details is what this office reqiures from
you to reconfirm, with your telephone and fax numbers
respectively, Full Names and Address, and any other
information.
However, why have you not received your payment
up-till date?.In view
of this circumstance, I will give my assistance to
make sure your file
is in order for payment as two unknown people came for
the claim of the
fund and submitted account claiming that you are sick.

FORWARD YOUR REPLIES TO THIS TMAIL:
rrev_frank07@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Dr.Frank Egobia,



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