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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:
  • "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. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • zenithbankplc017@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" <unitednations1922@mobimail.mn>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:45:05 -0700
Subject: Re: SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$ 250,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654


* ** *
*[image: Official portrait of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Click photo to
enlarge.] ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED
NATION. Send acopy of your response to official email:
zenithbankplc017@gmail.com*
* *
*ATTN:Sir/Madam, *
* *
*How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
understand why this mail came to you.*
* *
*We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days
ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.*
*This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the
world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$
250,000.00*
*
(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)This includes every
foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and
people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses
that failed due to
Government problems etc.*
* *
*Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of
Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are
contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.*
* *
*You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he
is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/
International Bank Draft of USD$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose
ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your
choice.*
* *
*Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your
correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you.*
* *
*Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:*
*Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia
Email: zenithbankplc017@gmail.com*
*
Making the world a better place*
*Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
http://www.un.org/sg/*

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam