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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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: "basaka43@terra.es" <basaka43@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:05:38 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT



SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT
PAYMENT REF CODE:P/06654/07

ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,

NIGERIA/UNITED NATIONS 2007 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations and Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each.
You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $5,000,000.00 compensation fund.

On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world leaders in the meeting on the lost of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 57 victims of this operators $5,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations Officials and the Central Bank Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank is BTD BANK OF TOGO.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 35 Beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 22 left to be paid the compensations of $5,000,000.00 each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the USA secret service is already on trace of the other criminals.So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

You can receive your compensation payments via any of this options you Choose,DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENT or DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY CASH DELIVERY PAYMENT AND KTT Transfer.I shall notify you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.


Here is the contact of the paying bank. Email(customercare@btdbank.net)


Thanks andhave a nice day.

Mr.Basaka Ajaa.





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