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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:
  • "remmittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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 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.
  • janthan_obi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: janthan obi <janthan_obi2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <janthan_obi@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 11:43:33 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR NOTICE



FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

THE PRESIDENT APPROVAL
















CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
EMAIL janthan_obi@yahoo.com
NIGERIA


Dear


We recieved your contract file from the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) attached with a directives from Office of the presidency on foreign payment to effect your contract sum to you.

We are therefore glad to belong it to your notice and request that you reconfirm your contract details such as: contract amount,contract number,telephone and fax number as well as your current receiving banking information to enable us verify your genuineity as not to pay to wrong person.
This is for the benefit of foreign contractors to getting them paid without problem as it were in the past.Do reconfirm every of your details so that I will be sure of whom I am dealing with. Please endeavour to attach a copy of your staff identity card or International Passport for identitifcations. Yours faithfullyMr. Jonathan obi
Payment SupervisorDept of foreign Remmittance (CBN).

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