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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:
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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: afribank limited <zzalani26@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <wadrab@o2.pl>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:51:48 +0000
Subject: Treat as Urgent


AFRIBANK NIGERIA PLC
Afribank Plaza,
51/55 Broad Street,
Lagos-Nigeria
www.afribank.com
Attention:Notification of Payment
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract file
presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your
payment due to your not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in
respect to your contract payment.
You are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank
as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive
your payment immediately.After the Board meeting held at our
headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem.
We have arranged your payment through our Swift card payment centres in
Europe, America,Africa and Asia Pacific,This is part of an
instruction/mandate passed by the Senate President,at the Federal House
of Senate,Abuja in respect to oversea Debt contract payment and debt
re-scheduling plan of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Fifteen other
Economic Communities of West African States(ECOWAS).
This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw
your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum
is($10,000.00) Ten Thousand US Dollars per transaction of your sum
amounting to One Million, Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United States Dollars only.(USD$1.55MILLION )
So, if you like to receive your fund this way,Kindly reconfirm your
(1) Your Full Name
(2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.
(3) Phone Number
We shall be expecting to receive your information as you have to stop any
further communication with anybody or office.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Mr.Isa Zailani
Executive Director
OPERATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Afribank Nigeria Plc

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