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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
• 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.
  • +2348084487710 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • adamsanthony44@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anthony789" <anthony789@laposte.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:20:13 +0100
Subject: Guten Tag (Good day to you)


Nigerian National Petrolium Corporation.
>From the desk of:
Mr. Adams Anthony
Audit & Acct. Dept.
+234 808 448 7710
Email: adamsanthony44@yahoo.co.uk
It is very possible that this proposal might come to you as a
surprise, since it is from someone you have seen not met
before, but based on your impressive information, I gathered from the
net here in Nigeria I am sure you are the right for this proposal. I
am the director, fund co-coordinator of the Finance Contract
Department of Nigerian National Petroleum corporation. The crux of
this letter is that the Finance/Contract Department of the NNPC
deliberately over-inflated the contract values of various contract
awarded. In the course of disbursement my office was able to track
down the sum of US$20.5M (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S
Dollars) as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the
NPA domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
My colleagues and I now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe
nominated foreign account for possible investment abroad.
We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any
foreign account because of our status as civil/public servants. Hence the need
to solicit for your consent and full co-operation, to enable us
transfers this money into your account.
Upon your acceptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a
sharing ratio:-
1)30% for you as the account owner
2)70% for my colleagues and I
Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as
regards to investment of our share. Be informed that, this business is
genuine and 100% safe considering the high-powered government
officials involved.
Please send me the following information should you interested:-
1) YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
2) YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
This is to effect the Swift Transfer of this fund into your account
within 12 working Days.
Expecting your immediate response to my email as we looking forward to
a healthy business relationship with you.
Sincerely yours
Adams Anthony
+234 808 448 7710
adamsanthony44@yahoo.co.uk

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