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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • 0092348063143318

Fraud email example:

From: darlington joseph <darlingtonjoseph11@msn.com>
Reply-To: <darlingtonejoseph@live.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:21:21 +0000
Subject: United Nations Compensation Committee,pls act accordingly.



United Nations Compensation Committee,pls act accordingly.

Attention: The Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $3.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 We are
delegated from the United Nations to Bank of American to pay 100
Nigerian/World 419 scam victims $3.5million each, you are listed and
approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us
as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $3.5million
compensations funds.


On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last
United Nations meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by
the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various
foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world
today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of
the Country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $3.5million each,
Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the
payments are to be paid by Pacific Finance Company Plc under funding
assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria According to the number of
applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims
are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 20 left to be paid
the compensations of $3.5million each only.


Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested
in Lagos State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are
hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any
reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the
criminal. For more vital information,


For more vital information, please visit
:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You will receive your compensations payments via a DRAFT PAYMENTS and not
a WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I
hear from you. Reply through my alternative email address below:
darlingtonejoseph@live.com, Tell 0092348063143318.


Yours faithfully,


Rev. Father Darlington E. Joseph.


De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
United Nations Compensation Committee,
(United nations Anti-fraud Committee)

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