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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:
  • "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "dankwabo1" <dankwabo1@nonifamily.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:47:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME NOW

ATTN:BENEFICIARY/CONTRACTOR

THIS COMMUNIQUE IS COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. INFORMING YOU THAT WE HAVE GOT YOUR FILE
IN THIS OFFICE.FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR FUND INTO YOUR BANK/ACCOUNT. BUT
WHILE WE TRY TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT WITH THE DETAILS OF THE BANKING/ACCOUNT DETAILS AS STATED IN YOUR
PAYMENT FILE, AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY MR SMITH HANS FROM GERMANY
INFORMING US TO STOP TRANSFER THAT HE IS CHANGING THE ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS
FOR THE TRANSFER.WHEN HE SENT IT THERE WAS A TOTAL CHANGES FROM THE ACCOUNT
DETAILS AS CONTAINED IN YOUR FILE.

HENCE I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU FIRST FOR YOU TO CONFIRM THE CHANGES BEFORE
TRANSFER WILL BE MADE.SO NOW I WILL REQUIRE YOU TO SEND YOUR FULL CONTRACT
DETAILS AS WELL AS YOUR BANKING/ACCOUNT DETAILS YOU WANT THE FUND TO BE WIRE
INTO IF IT WILL CORRESPOND WITH THE ONE YOUR PARTNER SENT TO US.

AN URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED SO MAKE THE WIRE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO THE RIGHT
ACCOUNT AS THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE WRONG TRANSFER OF
FUND INTO A GHOST ACCOUNT.

REPLY ON THIS EMAIL dankwabo006@xemail.de

REGARDS

DANKWABO IBRAHIM
AUDITOR GENERAL

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