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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348074724334 (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.
  • jms.johnson2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <jms.johnson2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:52:04 +0300
Subject: ACCRUED INTEREST ADVISE ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND.


AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
PLOT 45 LEVENTIES HOUSE MARINA-LAGOS
TEL: +234-1-4723522 FAX: +234-1-7590991

Ref: ADB/TWT/KTT//0-98/08
DATE: April 8, 2008

ACCRUED INTEREST ADVISE ON CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND.

ATTENTION:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT THE SUM OF THREE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, ONLY ($3.526,000) HAS BEEN
ACCRUED AS INTEREST ON YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUNDS THAT WAS
DEPOSITED INTO OUR BANK BY THE JOINT REGULATORY COMMISSION OF WORLD
BANK AUDITORS AND INTERNATIONAL MONETRY FUNDS (JRCWBAIMF) BASED AS AN
OUT COME OF THEIR SITTING ON FOREIGN DEBTS RAISING FROM CONTRACT
EXECUTED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND FUNDS INHERITANCE
AS A RESULT OF KIN CLAIMS AND BENEFICIARY.

YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER OF OUR
BANK DR. JAMES JOHNSON ON HIS DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER
+234-80-74724334, EMAIL jms.johnson2@gmail.com [1] FOR
MORE
DIRECTIVES AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

EQUALLY, NOTE THAT YOU MAY BE ADVISED TO FORWARD YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
DETAILS INCLUDING COPIES OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING
LICENSE FOR IDENTIFICATION. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
REGARDING THE ABOVE INFORMATION, AS THIS WILL ENABLE OUR BANK TREAT
WITH IMMEDIATE URGENCY.

THANKS FOR YOUR COPERATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ANTHONY K. STEVEN (MR)
FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. (ADB)

Links:
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[1] mailto:jms.johnson2@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam