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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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• 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.
  • +2348084999615 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: FINANCE MINISTER NIGERIA <financeminister_fmf@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <financeminister_fmf@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:04:31 +0000
Subject: Contract Payment



From:Ahlaji,Dr Shamsudeen Usman
Ministry of Finance

Sir,

I am Ahlaji,Dr Shamsudeen Usman the new Finance Minister Federal Republic of Nigeria , my office is solely in charge of the payments and settlement of all outstanding debts and reconciliations of all international receipt and forex transactions of the Federal Governemt of Nigeria.

Your payment has reflected several times in our computer as pending.My findings has revealed that some one among the top officials is delaying your payment due to one reason or the other having met all the statutory requirements of the apex bank. Your problem is that of interest group and your associates are doing mere paper work with you and that may last for years and yet nothing happens. From your records in our office, I discovered that you executed the contract Long ago as a matter of fact you ought to have been paid long before now if not for the wrong logistic and administrative delays caused by the bad eggs in the central bank. However, do not panic over the payment delay any more; I will do my best at this point in time to make sure that your payment is release without any further delay.

Therefore, you are hereby advice to reconfirm your contract particulars including your bank where you want the money to be transfer to this is to avoid mistake during the transfer of
your payment and also confirm your telephone and Fax numbers.

Best Regards,
Dr Shamsudeen UsmanMinister of Finance
Tel:+234 8084999615
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