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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:
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • management@national-champs.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: debtmanagementoffice@freenet.de
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:39:16 +0100
Subject: 2008 Payment Notice


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
Debts Management Office
FCT-Abuja,
Nigeria
Email: Management@National-Champs.com

I write with reference
to our earlier letter Ref. No. FGN/ CP0325/08, on above subject and wish
to draw your attention to President Umaru Musa Yar\'Dua’s
directive to clear all outstanding Payments since 1995-2007, in regards
to his meeting with United State of American President George W. Bush
and United Nations, Commonwealth Nations and Embassies Including United
State Wall Street has agreed to Release Contract Payments, Inheritance
and Lottery claims to save our dear country from further embarrassments.
I have enlisted your name for this payment as one of the Beneficiaries
to be compensated with USD21,070,235.00 (Twenty-One Million, Seventy
Thousand two Hundred and thirty five United States Dollars only) from
the 2008 budgeted Debts Services from Excess Crude Oil Revenue, get back
to me as soon as possible for the immediate and uninterrupted payments
in your favor.

The decision of the President is the climax of a
complain battle between the Ministries, Banks and some of the Countries/
Beneficiaries who made strenuous efforts to retain their titles.You are
hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody
for any reason whatsoever as to avoid misdirection and fund diversion.
So keep it secret till you secure your funds.

Lastly, I will assist
you if you will promise to return to me just 40% of the approved sums
thereafter, From the State of things, I have find out that you cannot
sponsor your wire transfer charges as regards your Approved funds due
to the Financial commitments, Bureaucratic process and difficulties, We
have resolved to settle all Debts through United Nations Office in your
Country direct, So Kindly confirm your Address, Phone numbers and bank
Account Details so that I will prepare you for payment within 72hrs..


COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASONS
Peter Nelson (OFR)
Director of Finance
(DMO).



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