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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348058005056 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: union bank <ubn_ubnplc@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <unionbank202plc@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:43:05 +0100
Subject: FROM UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, YOUR ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT OF
$3.1 M DOLLARS IS READY



UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS,NIGERIA,TELEGRAM: UNION BROAD BRANCHBIG, STRONG, RELIABLE

UNION BANK OF NIG. PLCBIG, STRONG AND RELIABLE.TELEPHONE: +234805800-5056
ATTN:BENEFICIARY... RE: PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$3.1M I am REV. MARK DURU, the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and Head of Swift Transfer Unit of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. Lagos-Nigeria Sometime ago, in our bank your contract money was brought to our bank from Nigerian Apex Bank, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N) and after some period, this money was taken back to the Federal Government treasury. For the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$ 3.1 Million, which we are about to be pay to you via KTT wire transfer to your account. For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this Fund because from time to time the C.B.N auditors do come to our bank to cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with the demands of the delivery of the fund, the faster the action, because the CBN officials wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused, so when they find out that this interest fund is still in our bank they will want to call back the money to the Federal Government treasury. What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example; your international passport or you’re driver’s license, then your account details. As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance. call me on our official telephone expecting your immediately response.

Yours Sincerely, REV MARK DURUDIRECTOR UNION BANK OFNIGERIA PLC
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