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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:
  • "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.
  • johkel4@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john"<johkel6@myway.com>
Reply-To: johkel4@myway.com
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:47:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: OVER DUE PAYMENT CLAIM


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS NIGERIA OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT EMAIL:johkel4@myway.com Dear:Sir/Madam, PART PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$10.5M.I am Dr.John Kelly personal Assistance to Director, Foreign operations dept Central bank of Nigeria my office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign claim payments. I am the final signatory to any transfer of huge funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels in line with foreign claim settlement.I have before my list of funds, which could not be transferred to some nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. Your Name was among the people expecting their funds to be transferred into their account, on this note; I wish to
have a deal with you as regards to your unpaid funds.I have your file before me and hope your data's are correct and un-tampered unless you reconfirm it not correct. As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits, I have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received from the Foreign reconciliation dept to submit the List of payment reports/ expenditures and audited reports of revenues. At this juncture, We wish to inform you that your part payment of US$10.5M has been approved through international certified band draft, payable in our escrow account with our correspondence bank in SWITZERLAND called (UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND ZURICH AG) You are hereby advice to recomfirm your contacts info and receiving bank details to enable us send an immediate telex message to UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND for the clearance of your approved fund through our account with the
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND,ZURICH AG to your designated bank account.This office will forward to you a copy of your certified bank draft as soon as we hear from you for comfirmation through your local bank. reply back to me through my alternative email johkel4@myway.comIf you AGREE with my conditions, l advise you next on what to do immediately BEST REGARDS.DR JOHN KELLY.(Personal Assistance)DIRECTOR, FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT.CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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