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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • pay_unit0001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: payment@paymentdesk4.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:12:42 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Your Payment Is Via Diplomatic Dilevery....Get Back To Us



CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS TINUBU SQUARE,
MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA.
Our Ref : CBN/IRD/CBX/021/05




CONTRACT PAYMENTNO:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

We Apologise, for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences and Inflict that we might have indulge you through. However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is Inexplicable, and have held us stranded and Indolent, not having the Aspiration to devote our 100% Assiduity in accrediting foreign contract payments. We Apologies once again.

We have this 4th day of Dec,2006 received payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full contract funds from the Nigerian reserve account with our bank.

Note: that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through diplomatic services has been made in aggreement with current pay off scheme , your funds have been package into a consignment and will be delivered at your doorstep through our diplomatic agents.

Be informed that the Diplomatic Agents has to move down to your Country in order to deliver the Consignment to your door step but they will have a transit in United kingdom, After their transit, they will head for your country On board Virgin Atlantic Airlines at the United State of America for the delivery of your consignment at your doorstep.

Note that as soon as the Diplomats arrive your Country, they will call you and provide a local telephone number inside the United States city where they landed to enable you reach them any time.

I wish to inform you that the manifest for your deliver is beeing processed and would be computed as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your Outstanding contract payment is US$10m ( Ten Million United States Dollars only) Please re-confirm to me if this is Online with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings

(1) Your full name:

(2) Phone, fax and mobile

(3) Contact Address:

(4)profession, Position and Age:

(5) Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to For self Identification.


Get back to me immeditely via my official email address below upon the receipt of this mail for payment update.


PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
pay_unit0001@yahoo.com

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