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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  
• 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.
  • ibrahim_hassandankwambo316@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "dankwambo1980@terra.es" <dankwambo1980@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 13:15:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: {NNPC COTRACT PAYMENT }


OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
****************************************
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
****************************************
ASO-ROCK VILLA, GARKI ABUJA, FCT
***************************************

RE: REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $40,000.000.00 INTO
YOUR PRIVATE/COMPANIES ACCOUNT

I approach you most honorably today for a mutual
business transaction. I am Alhaji dankwambo, the
Accountant -General of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. I have been given the opportunity to be
appointed the Accountant-General after several years
of active service.

Now by virtue of my present office and position, it is
an opportunity for me to have a share of the huge
oil money which many top military personnel and governors
of the past regimes had used my predecessors
in the past to achieve their personal interest without
any benefit on the part of the accountant generals.

Following this development, I now have an accord with
a top officer of the Finance Ministry to remit the sum
of US $40.000.000.00 (fourty million
United States Dollars) to your nominated bank account.
As Civil Servants we are not allowed to own acquire
foreign account while in service. I therefore request you to
kindly allocate any account of your choice with all necessary particulars to
enable me to forward it to the Central Bank of Nigeria
for onward release of fund transfer approvals in
your favour.

We have ten working days to conclude this deal
on commencement, and I shall join you at the account
base for sharing and further discussion on my
investment plan in your country.
We shall negotiate your percentage share on reply of
this mail for your anticipated contribution in making
this transaction a success. Do not hesitate to comment
where you do not understand.

ON SECURITY:
To ensure maximum security all correspondences shall
be by Electronic-mail(E-mail) and strictly
confidential.Please protect my position in my country by keeping
everything secret until funds in question leave our
foreign reserve account. You know my job is at stake
if there is any leak of information,so you will have
to be very careful not to let anyother person apart
from you to know about this transaction.
Finally I assure you of a 100% thorough, risk free,
and hitch free transaction.

CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST BY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BY SENDING
ME AN EMAIL TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX: ibrahim_hassandankwambo316@yahoo.com

Ibrahim dankwambo







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