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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: BarclaysBank PLc PLc <barclaysbankuk_plc@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: zeniitthbank@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 07:03:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD/ INFORMATION



Largest, Real-Time Online Banking Network In Nigeria. Our Core Values Are >>> Humility, Integrity, Empathy, Resilience

ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD.


PLOT 84, AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET,
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
TELE: +234(0)8037162272

TTEND: SIR/MADAM,

GOOD –DAY SIR/MADAM, WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE OF YOUR CHECK THAT SUBMITTED TO US TODAY BY MR. MARTINS AND ASK US TO CANCEL IT UNTIL HIS BOSS COMES BACK. THIS CHECK WAS ISSUED BY US AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHY MR. MARTINS, ASKS US TO CANCEL THIS CHECK. THIS CHECK STILL VALID FOR FIVE MONTHS MORE AND THE CUSTOMER THAT ASK US TO ISSUE THIS CHECK IN YOUR NAME IS OUR BIG CUSTOMER HERE IN NIGERIA.

SO PLEASE LET US KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT CHECK THAT MADE MR. MARTINS, TO ASK US TO CANCEL IT UNTIL HIS BOSS COMES BACK. GET BACK TO US WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM THE CHECK THAT WE ISSUED IN YOUR NAME HAVE. WE NEED THIS INFORMATION FROM YOU VERY URGENT. THANKS,

BEST REGARD
JAMES UZOMA
HEAD, FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD.
LAGOS NIGERIA



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