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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "ecowas " (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Abdulaziz Ude <abludeziz2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abludeziz64@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:27:11 +0100
Subject: Hello !!!



Dear Friend, Re: Transfer of US$28.5M ( Twenty Eight Million Five hundrend thousand United States Dollars ) into save account.
I am Alhaji Abdulaziz Ude chief accountant of the Sub regional organization of AFRICA UNION (AU) in partnership with United Nation (UN) and our head office in Nigeria.I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as a chief accounts and in full agreement with the Auditor general of this able organization (AU/UN). We scrutnized all records and the accounts of awarded and executed contracts of this organisation (AU/UN) since the inception of NEPAD/UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE in Ecowas sub-region state and we carefully uncover and mapped out a whopping sum of $28.5m which we want to transfer into a foreign partner account as the beneficiary.
The money $28.5m has been approved for payments by this organisation.The Financial Trustee (endorsed by the accountant general of the organisation) and to be paid to the beneficiary account under contract number UN/NEPAD/OGN/FMF/GCB/B25/7/006.
As a top civil servant, we are not allowed to operate foreign bank account hence our decision to use your accounts in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside ECOWAS sub-region. We will accept you as our principal partner and contractor in sum of $28.5m. Moreover it is partinent to note that it is risk free and does not require much engagement.
However, we are prepared to compensate you with 30% of the total sum and 10% for any expenses we might incur in transfering this fund into your nominated account.
Please contact me immediately you receive this mail for more lively information.I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope you will understand the confidential nature of this and its reality is a dream come true.
Best regards, Alhaji.Abdulaziz Ude
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