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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +23418179967 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • bankphbnigplc@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: bphb@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:45:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ENQUIRY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bankphbnigplc@rocketmail.com



- Bank PHB Nig. Plc. Head office: 14 Broad Street, Lagos - Nigeria. Tel: 234-181-79967 Email: bankphbnigplc@rocketmail.com Dear Sir/Madam, URGENT ENQUIRY Without prejudice I believe that you are the right Mr.…whom this letter is meant for. If you are, we have received a final installment payment order in your favour, vide a contract you duly executed for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), valued at US$8,523,650.00 (Eight Million Five Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty US Dollars Only). Your payment approval was given some two (2) months past, by the Economic Council of Nigeria (ECN) and the Right of Execution was also given to this bank, for direct payment to you, when all matters are fully regularized. Our expectation of you to come forward and claim your payment from this bank is right now assumed an abortive anticipation, when others in the Master List are comfortably receiving theirs. Hence, the Board and Management of this Institution, finally resolved to reach you via this medium, since your approved payment fund is among the few unclaimed effects right now, that shall be recalled back to the NNPC Grant Account with the Nigerian Apex Bank, if unclaimed after the next Fourteen (14) Bank working days, as unclaimed deposits. Please without further delay, get back to us immediately by furnishing us with your below required information, for on the spot release of your due fund, into your designated bank account, thus: 1.Your Name / Address 2. Your Telephone No. / Fax No. 3. Complete Bank Details Including Bank Address 4. Occupation 5. Age and Marital Status Bank PHB is well known for Excellence Services to her Numerous Customers World Over, Professionalism, Building Strategic Partnership, Innovativeness, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Please help us to announce our credibility after a satisfactory service to you and thank you. Yours truly, For: BANK PHB NIG PLC Mr. Francis Atuche Managing Director/CEO Bank PHB Nig Plc.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam