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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.
  • compensationteam@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infodeskzbplc@aim.com
  • mpensationteam@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" <cdhr@ig.com.br>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:57:02 -0700
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$250,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654


SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$250,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 [image:
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon]
*
[image: Official portrait of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Click photo to
enlarge.] ZENITH BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED
NATION. Send a copy of your response to official email
compensationteam@aim.com
<http://us.f501.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=infodeskzbplc@aim.com><http://us.f501.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?Tompensationteam@aim.com><http://us.f501.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?Tompensationteam@aim.com><http://us.f501.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=infodeskzbplc@aim.com>
*
**
*Attn: Sir/Madam,

Note! after series of meeting that lasted for three (3) Months with
the secretary General to the UNITED NATIONS. You fall on the names submitted
to receive a United Nations Compensation. This goes 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 foreign 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 (EFCCO) 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 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 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.

Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia
Email:* *unpdpt@live.com* <unpdpt@live.com>*
*

*** Good luck and kind regards,

Mr. Ban Ki Moon.
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*

*Secretary General (United Nations )
Making the world a better place*

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