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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "liberia" (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.
  • +221766978363 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNDP NEPAD PROJECT" <yerim.fall@undp.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: undp_nepadproject@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:35:25 +0100
Subject: SELECTION TO JOIN A CYBER PROJECT

UNDP/NEPAD CYBER PROJECT ;PILOT OFFICE,VILLA 321 CITE MERMOZ DAKAR -SENEGAL TEL; +221-76- 697-83-63 .FAX+221-33- 826-31-43.

Dear Sir/madame

This is to inform you of your selection to join the pilot programme of UNDP and NEPAD.
The UNDP and NEPAD ,in conjunction with offshore bond and creditors of london and other agencies from the United states ,Canada,and Taiwan has started a programme of poorverty alliviation in the whole of africa and asia..
The UNDP CYBER PROJECT has choosen these countries as pilot areas for the programme.BANGLADESH,INDONESIA,INDIA,PAKISTAN,EGYPT MAROC, ETHIOPIA, CAMEROON, MALI, LIBERIA,SRI-LANKA,UGANDA,KENYA,R.D.CONGO,MOZAMBIQUE,SENEGAL,GHANA,andEGYPT.
Interested participants will undergo special training in the united states and Canadain any of these areas.
1 Human and natural resources management
2 Law jurisprudence and criminology.
3 Medcine with interest in tropical dieseses.
4 vetrinary science/medcine
5 Agriculture
6 maintainance/Engineering.
An interested participant must not be more than 40 years of age and must have a minimun qualification of a secondry school certificate.and must be ready to live and work in any of these countries.They must equally be ready to start there special training in the united states or canada by the 10th of January 2008.Interested participants, contact the pilot officer
Thanks
Dr Smith Perez
Pilot Officer

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