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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:
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA(UNECA)" <uneca116@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: info_uneca@outgun.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:16:11 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIMS/CONTACT US URGENTLY/PAYMENT CODE UNECA 0578/08


Attn : Sir/Madam,


This is to bring to your notice that we delegated from the new africa
financial organization United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
inconjuction with Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC)to pay 603
africa 419 SCAM victims $380,000.00 each, you are listed and approved for
this payments as one of the SCAMMED victims,You are advised to respond to
this message immediately for the release of your compensations funds.


On this faithfull recomendations,we want you to know that during the last UN
meetings held at Ethiopia,it was alarming much by the rest of the world in
the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the SCAMS artists
operating syndicates all over the world today,in other to retain the good
image of the African continent,the president of the Economic Community Of
West African States (ECOWAS).



Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas is now paying 603 victims of this operators
$380,000.00 USD each,Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in
African,the payments are to be paid by the WORLD BANK OFFSHORE PAYMENT
CENTRE in united states of America.



According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 beneficiaries has been
paid ,half of the victims are from the United States and Asia,we still have
more left to be paid the compensations of $380,000.00 each.Your particulars
was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in South Africa as
one of their victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to any of these criminals for any
reason what so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the
criminals.


For more vital information, Please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm You can receive your
compensations payments via any of the both options you choose Certified BANK
DRAFT or WIRE TRANSFER PAYMENTS,we shall feed you with further modalities as
soon as we hear from you.


Yours faithfully,

MR ABDOULIE JANNEH
GENERAL CHAIRMAN COMPENSATION PAYMENT

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