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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • office_2008@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: barclays bank.plc <barclaysbarclays_b282@msn.com>
Reply-To: <barclays68@live.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:06:59 +0000
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
(US$27,000.000.00)



BARCLAYS BANK PLC.CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,7 ST JOHNS HILL,SW 11 1 TN, LONDONWWW.barclaysbank.co.uk
Attention:Sir/Madam,
REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$27,000.000.00)
This is the second time we are notifying you about this said fund.

After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which TheNigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in conjunction with theMinistry Of Finance Of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded andcontracted us to see to your immediate payment of the sum of USD(US$27,000.000.00)from their Offshore Account with us.

We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been goingthrough hard ways by paying alot of charges to see to the release ofyour fund (UD(US$27,000.000.00) , which has been delayed. Which has been thehandiwork of some miscreant elements from Nigeria

We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondencefrom Nigeria. You don't have to pay any charges to receive your Contractfund anymore as you have met up with the whole requirements , yourrepresentatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but onyour own risk.

The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident ClearanceForm/Receipt which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here inUnited Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us forhandling/processing of your payment with other customers.

We will help you to see that you obtain the form so that our bank willeffect immediate transfer of your Inheritance sum ((US$27,000.000.00)into your designated bank account.

Should you follow up our directives, your fund will reflect in youraccount within five Bank working days from the day you obtain this form.Do not go through anybody again but through this Bank if you really wantyour fund.

Finally, you are advice to forward to this bank your receiving Account.Where you want this fund to be remitted.your urgent response to this Email address .office_2008@walla.com
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Frank BrownHead, Private Banking Section.Barclays Bank Plc. London

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