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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "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.
  • roy300@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Michael Jordan <michaeljordanvip@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: roy300@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:39:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: await your email


FROM THE DESK OF
ENGR.MICHAEL JORDAN
OMPADEC HEADQUARTERS
LAGOS - NIGERIA
e-mail;roy300@myway.com


Dear Sir

I am the Chief Scribe of the Newly Constituted
OMPADEC (Oil Minerals Producing Area Development Commission).

This Commission was reconstituted in 1998 by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a result of consistent Environmental Neglect Agitated by the Oil and Minerals Producing States.

This Commission received a budgetary allocation of US$1.5 Billion for Environmental Maintenance/Management of Oil Producing State for the 1999/2001 Fiscal Year.

In view of the present political situation in our country, I have agreed with my colleagues to withdraw the sum, of US$45.5M (Forty-Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars). All modalities to ensure a hitch-free transfer of this fund into your account through the officials of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) have been properly worked out.

NOTE: There is no risks or dangers involved. I have agreed with my colleagues that you will retain 30% of the total fund, my colleagues and I will take 60% while the remaining 10% is mapped out to cover the International and Local Expenses that might be incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction.

If this proposal interest you of which I hope it would, please forward to me immediately the following by fax:

1. Your Bank informations (where the money will be lodged)
2. Telephone and fax numbers of the bank.
3. Your Private Telephone and Fax Number.
4. Account Name
As soon as we receive the above informations from you,we shall immediately file up application for approvals and payment shall follow as soon as possible.

NOTE: I shall not contact another person till I hear from you. I therefore request you to please maintain
from you. topmost confidential of this transaction because we are top Civil Servants and would not want our reputable image dented after putting in Eightheen years of active service in the government.

Thanks.
Best Regards.
Michael Jordan


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