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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • gerald.nelson48@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED NATIONS <unpk10@msn.com>
Reply-To: <geraldnelson4@jmail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:20:16 +0000
Subject: FROM: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS



FROM: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
OVERSIGHT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 £5M MILLION POUNDS.

THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT I AM DELEGATED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LONDON TO PAY 100 PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS NIGERIAN 419 SCAM VICTIMS £5MILLION POUNDS EACH, YOU ARE LISTED AND APPROVED FOR THIS PAYMENT AS ONE OF THE SCAMMED VICTIMS, GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS OR DRIVERS LICENSE FOR IDENTIFICATIONS AND FOR THE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR £5M POUNDS COMPENSATION FUNDS. ON THIS FAITHFUL RECOMMENDATIONS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DURING THE LAST UN MEETINGS HELD AT LONDON, 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 THEIR COUNTRY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY IS NOW PAYING 100 VICTIMS OF THIS OPERATORS £5M EACH, DUE TO THE CORRUPT IN THE SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA, THE PAYMENTS ARE TO BE PAID BY BANK TO BANK THE PAYING BANK UNDER FUNDING ASSISTANCE BY THE UN.

ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AT HAND, 35 BENEFICIARIES HAVE BEEN PAID, HALF OF THE VICTIMS ARE FROM THE UNITED STATES, WE STILL HAVE MORE THAN HALF LEFT TO BE PAID THE COMPENSATIONS OF £5 MILLION POUNDS EACH. YOUR PARTICULARS WAS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE SYNDICATES WHO WAS ARRESTED IN LAGOS-NIGERIA AS ONE OF THEIR VICTIMS OF THE OPERATIONS, YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED NOT TO COMMUNICATE OR DUPLICATE THIS MESSAGE TO ANY BODY FOR ANY REASON WHAT SO EVER, THE US SECRET SERVICE IS ALREADY ON TRACE OF THE CRIMINALS. FOR MORE VITAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: HTTP: //HOME.RICA.NET/ALPHAE/ 419COAL/NEWS1JUL.HTM, YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS VIA ANY OF THE BOTH OPTIONS YOU CHOOSE, ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT FAST WIRE TRANSFER OR BANK DRAFT PAYMENT MODE, I SHALL FEED YOU WITH FURTHER MODALITIES AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, SEND A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: gerald.nelson48@yahoo.fr YOUR CO-OPERATION WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED IN REGARDS.

BEST REGARDS,
GERALD NELSON

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