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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "lagos" (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.
  
• 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.
  • obij50@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Obi omega" <drobiomega@klikni.cz>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:57:40 -0700
Subject: DEAR Sir/Madam


NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS-NIGERIAN
DEAR Sir/Madam

RE: TRANSFER OF USD45,500,000.00 (FORTY-FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT I wish to intimate you with
this proposal in my capacity as Chief Accountant and in full agreement with
the Auditor-General of this Company (Nigeria Liqiuified Natural Gas) . We
scrutinized all records and the accounts of awarded and executed contracts
of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, since the
inception of democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncover and mapped out a
whopping sum USD $45.5m which we want to transfer into your account as the
beneficiary.

It might interest you to know that beginning of this current civilian
government at a working assets capital of USD 3billion and will definitely
gulp more USD 2 billion on the completion of the fifty part. You can
authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client with full
guarantee from me.

The money $45.5m has been approved for payment by this company NLNG, the
Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General of the
Federation) and to be paid by the Apex bank of Nigeria under contract
number, NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99. As top civil Servants, we are not
authorized to operate foreign bank accounts hence our decision to use your
account in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside Nigeria.

We have accepted you as our foreign partner and will regularize and update
the approvals to reflect you as the true beneficiary of the contract sum USD
$45.5m(FORTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR).
Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not require
much engagements since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity.

We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If
you are interested in this deal, please, contact me through my email.
Address above for more lively information. Remember to give to me your phone
and fax lines through which l can send you approved documents for your
perusal. I am anxiously waiting for your response with hope that you will
understand the confidential nature of this transaction.Please contact me
with this e-mailaddress (obij50@yahoo.com)

Best regards
Dr Obi J Omega.

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