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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 united states 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)
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447023062643 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • johnsonusman03@walla.com
  • settlementcredit@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Financial Auditors" <settlementdept1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonusman02@walla.com
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:47:21 -0700
Subject: OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITOR,


OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITOR,
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT.
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
TELEPHONE: +44-7023062643, +44-7023062645.

Attn: Beneficiary.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file
which worth about Six Million United States Dollars (US$6,000,000.00) only.

We also found out that you have not receive any payment since the British
Government has set aside only one billion United State Dollars
(US$1,000,000,000.00) from the Four Billion Dollars collected from
fraudsters with the help of the Economic Financial Crime ommissions both in
London and Nigeria this includes cash and frozen assess to compensate those
who have been attempted or victims of fraud by some imposters or fraudsters
in Nigeria and other part of the world.

Hence we have decided to bring a solution to your problem by arranging your
payment through an accredited bank in London, UK. This is the latest
instruction by the President Alhaji Musa Yar'adua (GCFR) Federal Republic
of Nigeria and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in conjunction with the
US government.

Please confirm if you will like to receive the fund (US$6,000,000.00) by
sending us the below required information and how you wish to receive your
fund.

1. Your Full Name and Address
2. Direct Phone/Fax number
3. Your Age and Nationality
4. Occupation

For your information you have to stop any further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) in respect of transferring your fund, this is
to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. You are advised to contact
the below office of the Financial Auditor international Credit Settlement
Dept. London, UK with the above information as soon as you receive this
important message and for more direction on this matter, kindly contact the
below names.

Contact Person: Mr. Johnson Usman
Email: johnsonusman03@walla.com. settlementcredit@yahoo.com

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which is (445) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the payment
officer.

You can get your funds here in the UK, United States of America or Africa
but you will get all the needed details from Mr. Johnson Usman, so contact
him.

Regards,

Richard Mark Sullivan
Secretary

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam