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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)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • j.abrahamsjp@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr.John ABRAHAMS" <jabrahamsjp1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <j.abrahamsjp@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:09:49 -0700
Subject: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL



NIGERIA PORTS AUTHORITYLAGOS PORT COMPLEX, APAPA QUAYS.FROM THE DESK OF: DR. JOHN ABRAHAMS. Dear, URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since it is from someone you do not know or have seen before, but based on recommendations, I gathered from a very reliable source here in Nigeria . It is a welcome development and a feat you will never regret, please with all due respect, if we must do this together, it will pay us a great deal to build our foundation on trust and not doubt, My only conviction nevertheless, is that every other person is a stranger to the other, and there is always a day to breaking such jinx. I know I do not control destinies, but if you allow me, I shall make meaning to your life through/with this project. I have always felt a strong burning desire for greatness. As an employee I have no choice than to align myself with the rat race system kind of life. And this is quite inevitable in the life of every employee if you know what I mean. Allow yourself to be driven by desire; refuse any limitation is out to do this and haven perfected its modalities. I am the director, fund coordinator of the Finance Contract Department of Nigeria Ports Authority. The crux of this letter is that the finance / contract department of the NPA deliberately over-inflated the contract values of various contract awarded. In the course of disbursement, my office was able to track down the sum of US$23.5M as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the NPA domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). My colleagues and I now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominated foreign account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as civil / public servants. Hence the needs to solicit for your full banking details, to enable us transfer this money into your account. Upon your acceptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharing ration:1. 25% for you as the account owner2. 65% for me and my colleagues3. 10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and internationally during the course of this transaction. Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to investment of our share. Be informed that this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the high-powered government officials involved. Send to my E-mail address the following information:1. Your company name and address, bank name, address and account number2. Your telephone and fax number for effective communication This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less than seven (7) working days. Contact me strictly on my email address: j.abrahamsjp@yahoo.com, while looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you. Yours faithfully, DR.JOHN ABRAHAMS.
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