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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • contactfrankwilson1965@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Wilson <wilsonf18@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <frwils2@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:22:53 +0000
Subject: Payment Notification !



Sir/ Madam,

We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$8,500,000.00 dollars only, into our official ESCROW account with the CBN Bank in Nigeria by order of the African Development Bank (ADB) in charge of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Inheritance payments in Africa ,as indicated in our database.

Kindly provide us with the below information by E-mail: (contactfrankwilson1965@yahoo.co.uk) re-confirm your details in our database for immediate remittance into your designated account.

Beneficiary Name: _______________________________________________

Address:________________________________________________________

Tel: ____________________________ Fax: ___________________________

Receiving Bank: _________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________

Bank Routing Number: _______________ Swift Code: _________________

Account Number: ________________________________________________

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further communication with your associate in any of the African countries for they contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds. Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our operational paying bank, the CBN Bank in Lagos-Nigeria for immediate transfer of your allocation into your designated account upon receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our database.

Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice.

Yours in service,

Mr.Frank Wilson.
Manager; Foreign Operation Department.
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