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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +2348087150867 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • whalenatmofficepayment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "firstfoundamental prince" <firstfoundamental@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:06:43 +0100 (CET)
Subject: APPROVED IMMEDIATE ATM SWIFT PAYMENT (US$16M )






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Immediate ATM Cash Card Payment Notification

Attention: Sir/Madam =20


This Is To Officially Inform You about our recent agreement with the Fe=
deral Government of Nigeria to handle all their foreign contract payme=
nts. Based on this development We Have Verified and consist Your Contra=
ct/Inheritance File And Discovered The Reasons Why You Are Yet To Recei=
ve Your Payment. It Is Due to Irregularities And Complications Discove=
red On Your Payment File By Our Technical Experts In Respect To Your Co=
ntract /Inheritance Payment Requirements Which Have Just Been=20
Duly Rectified.
=20
However, you are hereby directed by our intelligent monitory unit to q=
uite any further dealings With Impostors And Non- Recommended Offici=
als In The Bank. Such Acts Must Stop For Security Reasons . If You Wish=
To receive Your Payment fast on time and accordingly,Since We Have Co=
ncluded To Bring A Solution To Your Problem, Right Now We Have Arranged=
Your Payment Through Our ATM Swift Card=20
Payment Center, (OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C). That Is The Latest an=
d insurance relaibility.
The Order Instructed By Our President,Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar Adua (GCFR)=
Federal=20
Republic Of Nigeria. Meanwhile Below Is The Arrangements ;...
=20
The Swift card Center (OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C). Will Send You A=
n Atm Card Emmediatialy Which You Will Use To Withdrew Your Money From =
Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World, But The Maximum Is (One Hundr=
ed Thousand Dollars $100.000.00) Per Day, So If You Like To Receive You=
r Fund This Way,

Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your =
record and also re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #.
3) Company name, Position and Address.
4) Profession, age,sex and marital status.
5) Any kind of identification

As soon as this information are received, your atm payment will be made=
to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your bank account directl=
y from OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C). or any of the sisters bank and =
the a copy of transfer confirmation informations will be given to you f=
or you to take to your bank and confirm it.

We have been Mandated by the Federal Government of Nigeria to issue out=
$16 million as part payment for this fiscal year 2007.=20
For Your Information You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With An=
y Institution Or Office Until You Receive The Atm Card.
=20
Note: Because of Impostors, We Hereby Issue You Our Code of Conduct Tag=
Number Which Is (801) So You Must Have To Indicate This Code=20
WhenContactingTheCardCenter .Email:=20
whalenatmofficepayment@yahoo.co.uk

We Await Your Urgent Response.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Whalen.
Manageing Director Information Department,
OCEANIC BANK Of Nigeria P L C.
Direct Phone No 234 8087150867
=20


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