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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)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: efcc un <efccun3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <info_efcc_un@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 01:14:40 +0100
Subject: United Nations Compensation Committee



Attention: Beneficiary,
SCAMMED VICTIM/ $2.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654. We were delegated by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [ EFCC ] Nigeria in conjunction with the United Nations to pay 200 Americans,Asia Europe etc who were scammed by Nigerian 419 artists/pepetrators the sum of $2.5million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $2.5million compensations funds.
In view of this recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN and EFCC meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various oreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, In other to retain the good image of this country, the president (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yaraduh) has instructed the payment of 200 victims the sum of $2.5million each via.Willbros express securities under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 85 beneficiaries has been paid.we still have more left to be paid the compensations of $2.5million.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Imo State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason whatsoever, Efcc in surpport of the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital information, You will receive your compensations payments via a DRAFT PAYMENTS and not a WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.
Yours faithfully, Rev. Tom West,De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,EFCC And United Nations Compensation Committee, (United nations Anti-fraud Committee)
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