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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • email-oceanicbanplc@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MR FRANK NWAEKE" <frankkkkdday1@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: mrfranknwaek_ng@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:18:28 +0100
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS.


FROM THE DESK OF:MR FRANK NWAEKE
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
TELE -234-8025-1414-10
FAX -234-01 -794-95-54
Email-oceanicbanplc@gmail.com

ATTENTION: SIR & MADAM

YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS.

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HASBEEN GAZZETED
TO BE RELEASED,VIA ONLINE BANKING-DIRECT WIRETRANSFER TO YOU BY THE SENATE
COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUNDTRANSFER OF 8,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008

MEANWHILE,A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER,CLAIMING TO
BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HEREARE HER INFORMATIONS:


NAME JANET WHITE
BANK NAME: CITI
BANK,YORK.
ACCOUNT
Number: 6503809428.


PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS
FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME.

THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR,EXECUTIVE, BOARD OFDIRECTORS AND THE SENATE
COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITTANCE FUNDHAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED
THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
/ FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS
THIS SECOND QUARTER PAYMENT OFTHE YEAR.

HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID
MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM
TODAY.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.



BEST REGARDS,

MR FRANK NWAEKE .
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam