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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2348045155488 (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.
  • draremk@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Zuma J Frank PhD <fr_jaccob@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: draremk@yahoo.pl
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:08:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM FEDERAL TREASURY BOARD .. STUDY AND GIVE A ME REPLY


FEDERAL TREASURY BOARD
CONTRACT EXAMINATION & PAYMENT UNIT
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Kind Attention:

RE : STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

My office is mandated to verify existing and non existing contracts, because it has been discovered that some contractors who have completed their contracts are yet to receive their
payment while those that have not completed theirs have received full payment of their contract, our objectives also include ascertaining the contractors that are not alive.
A total of $256.500.000.00 USD (Two Hundred and Fifty six million five hundred thousand united states dollars) has been identified from gross contract over-invoice from the Petroleum Department.
This over-invoiced perpetrated by the past top government functionaries in the last regime and such claims are normally recommend for forfeiture back to federal government treasury. I am contacting you based on the fact that you are a
foreigner so that we can share this great benefit.
But I must confess to you that the antecedence of some of these claims are almost perfect, for this I have develop a lot of interest to work with A foreigner who will act as one of the real contractor deserving payment and have part of the sum of money in question $32.500.000.00 USD released to you while the balance will be tendered to the Government as a result of our findings.
If you are willing to work and share this amount with me 60-40%, 40% to you and 60% to me.I have political ambition in the nearest future and with this I am sure of building up a strong political empire .

Pls Advise me a. s. a. p of your true position.

Dr J.A.Anazai (PhD.)
FEDERAL TREASURY BOARD
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Reply Email:draremk@yahoo.pl
Tel:234-8045155488


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