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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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 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.
  • +2348022855473 (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.
  • britishcommission@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • foreigncompensation@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "britishcommission019 Gazeta.pl" <britishcommission019@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 15:22:12 +0200
Subject: YOUR RE-COMPENSATION FOR BEING SCAMMED call (+234 802-285-5473) Reply ASAP


*BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Metro Plaza, Plot 991/992
Zakari Maimalari Street
Cadastral Zone AO,
Central Business District, Abuja.
TEL: +234 802-285-5473*
*E-MAIL: **britishcommission@gmail.com* <britishcommission@gmail.com>
* : **foreigncompensation@hotmail.com*<foreigncompensation@hotmail.com>


*

Attention Please!!!

We are delegated from the British High Commission to pay 104 identified
victims of 419 scam. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of
the scammed victims. get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate
payment of your compensations funds. On this faithful recommendations, I
want you to know that during the last UN meetings held in Abuja, Nigeria, it
was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of
funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all
over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the
president of the Country in collaboration with the British high commission
is now paying 104 victims of this operators.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments
are to be paid through (Mr. Robert Dewar) British high commission under
funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to the number
of applicants at hand, 84 proved victims has been paid, half of the victims
are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 20 left to be paid
the compensations.

Your particulars was mentioned as one of their victims of the operations by
one of the syndicates who was arrested, you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason for whatsoever,
the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.
You will receive your compensations payments via an ATM cashable at any ATM
center around you. I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I
hear from you. In reply, provide your:
1. contact telephone number
2. Delivery address.

Respond with Your Personal information including your phone number and you
can also contact my office on: (+234 802-285-5473)

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Robert B Dewar
British High Commission)
(+234 802-285-5473)
*

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