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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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348034208013 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • princely_uba10@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: "mail_infor_8883@terra.es" <mail_infor_8883@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:29:45 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Contact my secretary for your compensation fund of $1.2 Million
USD.


Dear Friend,

Compliments of the season's and good-day, How are you and how is your work ? Hope everybody is fine ? Well, I decided to write you and to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving that fund which I solicited for your assistance as my partner to transfer the sum of $15.5 million USD Dollars for the contract Award in LAGOS - NIGERIA.

The fund was sucessfully transfered on the 4th ,January 2007, through a German Partner and I have since received my own share, I am now in Brazil for business and holiday too.
I will not come back till 2008. But I have searched my conscience and decided that for your earlier cooperation/participation in the early part of this transaction,I decided to compensate you.

I have placed the sum of $1.2 Million USD (One Million two hundred thousand Dollars only) for you as compensation for your time/mails, Phone calls, Financial Commitments efforts and Your cooperations etc.

This money is in a seperate account in a commercial bank here and I have left instruction with my personal secretary Mr. Princely Uba. whom will oversee the Despatch of the Confirmable Bank Draft to you from the Bank.

I am now in Brazil, Pls contact him through his e-mail address
(princely_uba10@yahoo.it) or phone N0: +234-8034208013.He is currently studying his masters Degree in Economics and at the same time my personal secretary.

Pls email him and inform him that I have contacted you and that he should go ahead to transfer your compensation fund which I have deposited with Union Bank Nig Plc. Pls give him your contact address where the Bank will send the Bank Draft/fund for you and on receipt of the money confirm receipt to me via my e-mail address.

You have been a friend at a time I needed assistance/consolation, all I do is nothing but wished you well, we are friends and you can always call on me or write me anytime.

God Bless You & Regards.

I remain,

Mark Odu.





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