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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (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 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.
  • +23417651678 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • frankclark44@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "clark frank" <frankclark15@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: frankclark44@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:54:41 +0100
Subject: RE:


OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT
COLONIAL FINANCE COMPANY NIGERIA
Direct phone 234-1- 765-1678

ATTENTION: Sir/Ma

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file
which worth about Seven Million United States Dollars(US$7,000.000.00)
only. We also found out that you have not receive any payment since the
Nigeria Government has set aside Seven Million United State
Dollars(US$7,000,000.00) only
from the One Billion Dollars collected from fraudsters with the help of the
Economic Financial Crime Commissions both in London and Nigeria. These
include cash and frozen assess to compensate those who have been attempted
or victims of fraud by some imposters/fraudsters in Nigeria, London and
other part of the country.

Hence we have decided to bring a solution to your problem by arranging your
payment through an accredited bank in London.
This is the latest instruction by the President ALHAJI UMAR YAR'ADUA (GCFR)
Federal Republic Nigeria. And British Prime New Minister Gordon Brown in
conjunction with US government. Please confirm if you will like to receive
the fund(US$7.000,000.00) by sending us the below information and how you
wish to receive your fund

1. Your Full Name and Address
2. Direct Phone/Fax number
3. Your Age and Nationality
4. Occupation

For your information you have to stop any further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) in respect of Transferring your fund, this is
to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. You are advised to contact
the below office of the Financial Auditor International Credit Settlement
Dept. UK with the above information as soon as you receive this Important
message for more direction on this Note that because of impostors, we hereby
issued you our code of conduct, which is (445) so you have to indicate this
code when contacting the to us.Please reply to this email address
frankclark44@o2.pl and call me on 234-1-765-1678

Regards,

Mr. Frank M. Clark
Office of the Financial Auditor
International Credit Settlement Dept
Nigeria

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam