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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)
  • "million us 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)
• 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.
  • +2348036339436 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.RAY UMARU MACCIDO" <r.umaru33@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: raymacido@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 06:00:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE


Dear Friend,

Thanks and tickled pink,I am Dr. Raymond Umar Maccido, a contractor in Nigeria I have decided to seek your corporation because of the political instability in my country, and the hostage taking by the indeginous Niger-deltas who have forced the foreign oil companies to flee thier oil fields and abandon thier projects. I decided and pulled out a contract fund and to look out for an oversea partner for investment Abroad as this will fetch more profit turn-over. With uthmost good faith, I hope a good business partnership with you. Sure It will be of Mutual benefit

I am willing to invest 16 million US Dollars in your company or otherwise. As soon as I hear from you note that I will be coming to meet you so that we can discuss face to face and if possible, I shall come along with the fund, depending on my final conclussion with you before my depature to your country.

The source of this fund was a contract payment made to the company for the turn arround maintaince (T.A.M) of some oil pumps and laying of new pipelines. However, the foreign oil company who made this payment for this contract has abandoned their oil fields before the contracts could be completed, and fled to thier respective countries due to the hostility of the Niger-delta indigens who has been kidnapping and taking into hostage the numerous expatriate oil company staff. In view of this confussion, I schemingly withdrew this contract fund from the international bank from which we usually withdraw funds from, with the use of our company cheque, and gradually transfered the whole amount to a local community bank from where I cashed the whole amount without any querry or suspicion. You may check the Google internet for {FOREIGN OIL WORKER KILLED IN NIGER DELTA} also search ( HOSTAGE TAKING IN NIGER-DELTA) this will enlighten you more on the circumstances which led me to
seek your corporation.

However, your assistance is very necessary to facilitate the transfer of this fund to your country for investment because due to the government strict financial policies, it is not possible to utilise this fund in my country since it has no history of transaction and was never declared for taxation. It is also important that I must not disclose my act to withdraw this fund without the consent of my coleagues in the company. However, no one is looking for me or the money because my company was desolved immediately I withdrew the fund Since we no longer recieve contracts due to the fleeing of the expartriate oil companies who usually award contracts to our company, and it was not in the account of the company that such amount exists anywhere because the company annual account was not yet taken before this emergency, and the foreign oil firm who paid this amount has already fled back to thier country, due to the demand of the Niger-delta indigens for compensation on the
destructions caused by oil spillage, poisoning of fresh water and fishes and destruction of farm lands, which led to abduction and kidnapping of thier expatriate coleagues.

My phone number is +234 80-363-394-36. Feel free to ask me questions where you did not understand. As soon as I get your next reply, I shall finalise arrangments on how to get this fund accross to your country for investment.

Regards,
Dr. Raymond


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