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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +2348052803387 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +2348037475858 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • frankike2003@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Frank Ike <dr-frank_ike2007@live.com>
Reply-To: frankike2003@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:25:31 +0200
Subject: LETTER



INTERNAL MEMOFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC INVESTIGATION INTELLIGENCE ON
CONTRACT RE-VIEW/RECOVERY 2007/2008
7 MAN PANEL 13/08/08
Attn: Honorable Contractor,

Dear.Sir/Mame,

Please listing very carefully,
i am very very sorry for the delay of this payment, this would have been done since, but our computer systems was affected with virus and all your informations disappear from the systems,but we thanked GOD everything is in good conditions now. .sorry for the delay this might cost you. This panel was commissioned by the former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and newly handed over and informed by the new President MUSA YARADUWA to review,

investigate and to supervise all foreign outstanding depths and to make sure that this new approved (Eight billion five hundred million dollars) $ 8.500,000,000, been payment for this first quarter both old and new depths will go directly to its Purposes.CONGRATULATIONS: You are one of the lucky contractors that the sum of $ 10, 000,000 (Ten million dollars), has been approved out of your contract sum for payment now. But during our investigation and reviewing,

we discovered two major reasons why your money has not been paid since the execution of this contract. 1. We discovered a file of one Mr. DAVID MARK from London, trying to divert your fund to his own personal account. So during our investigation/interrogation he was claiming to be the new beneficiary of the contract fund, proving that you authorized him to change your account number to his own company’s name. "CONFIRM HIS STATEMENT" 2. We discovered that most of your document is not signed by your Nigerian representatives why? Furthermore, the members of this seven man panel has agreed to help you out, hence it has come to this final stage. Our conditions:
(1) 5 % for members of the panel after you might have collected your fund ($10,000 000 US DOLLAR)(2) keep this secret for the security of the panel. (3) pleases our systems affected with virus that was why we have not contacted you since then.

Meanwhile, payment has started in our payment centers now, for those who has been clarified and confirmed okay from our office. And again this panel will help you for recovery, if there is any illegal payment which you made. Finally if we did not hear from you after seven days of this notice, nobody should be held
responsible,


And we have three methods of payments, for fast and urgent payment,: .(1)We pay through bank to bank transfer (1) We can as well pay you
through DRAFT.

(2),We pay cash to our customers, if demanded. And this can only takes 7working days. but it will cost you a little money. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION,

Tel :234-80 52803387
234-803-747-5858
OR E- MAIL :frankike2003@yahoo.com.cn

SIGN :Hon. Dr FRANK IKE(Chairman)


Major Sani Mohammed, Inspector Olu shola, Okoro Eze, Peter Williams, capt.
Tunde Bankole and Sehu Musa Members!

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