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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348074049562 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "angelaashley0 Gazeta.pl" <angelaashley0@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: angelaashley001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:17:07 -0700
Subject: RE: CONCESSIONAL PART PAYMENT OF YOUR OVERDUE FUND.


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND UNITED NATIONS EMISSARY
(CONTRACT/INHERIT'NCE PAYMENT BUREAU)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, LIAISON UNIT
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS – NIGERIA.

TELEPHONE +234 8074049562



*RE: CONCESSIONAL PART PAYMENT OF YOUR OVERDUE FUND.*


Dear Beneficiary,

Consequent to the reports and clamoring made to the IMF and United Nations
by some Foreigners, to impose a sanction and close credit links to the
Federal Government of Nigeria and some of the West African Countries,as a
result of the non-payment of their executed contracts and inherited funds
respectively, in consonant with the incessant nefarious activities of some
corrupt Directors in their Governmental Ministries and the some Banks in
Nigeria who engages themselves in the illicit act of extorting
illegitimate fees from foreigners for their personal enrichment without
transferring the said approved fund to their beneficiaries.

It is in view of this ugly development that the New Secretary General of the
United Nation, and the World Bank Delegates after a bilateral crucial
meeting held on 11th of March 2008 with the newly elected President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, West African monetary Agency officials
{WAMA},Foreign payment examination unit of the Federal ministry of Finance,
Religious leaders and Human Right Renaissance Legion unanimously set up the
United Nation Emissary to study, verify and audit all the affected foreign
Payment file.


Therefore, please be informed that during our routine scrutiny and
verification of your entire official papers of claim as contained in your
approved payment file, it was clear and evident that you are the bonafide
beneficiary of this approved over due fund.

But much to my astonishment, we just received an application for change of
your former bank account through several persons who claimed to be acting on
your mandate. They have submitted the under-mentioned new bank data as your
new receiving bank account: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK – NEW YORK U.S.A -
ACCOUNT #. 01-87491-007 - ACCOUNT NAME: ELMER DONALD.

However, this application remains invalid because computer archive and legal
documents reveal that you are the sole signatory and legitimate beneficiary
of this approved fund. So please confirm to me if you mandated persons to do
so, to avoid wrong payment to ghost beneficiary.

Note that the Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked the sum of five
billion United States Dollars for the payment of all the affected
foreigners. Therefore please be informed that we have approved a
Part/Concession Payment of $450,000 { Four hundred and fifty thousand u.s
dollars,only,to be effected via the new {INTERNATIONAL ATM CARD PAYMENT
METHOD} Which allow you to withdraw not more than $4,000 everyday. This
gesture from the United nations and Nigerian government,is to help
foreigners who were scammed by the unscrupulous and corrupts staffs who were
extorting illegitimate fees from beneficiaries of fund,to REFINANCE
themselves to be able to pay any government statutory fees that is
withholding their payment.

You are therefore advised to contact me immediately, at central bank of
Nigeria Lagos Liaison unit , for your the shipment modalities of your
already made ATM CARD worth $450,000.00 to your designated address in your
country.

Finally we are sorry for all the inconveniences you might have suffered in
the hands of the just retired officials in Nigerian Government parastatals.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

MRS ANGELA ASHLEY { ATM ISSUANCE DIRECTOR.}
TELEPHONE +234 8074049562

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