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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:
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
• 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.
  • +2347083045364

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kofi Annan."<info@paymentoffice.com>
Reply-To: <frankfeldbruegge@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:30:10 -0500
Subject: GUARANTE TRUST BANK PLC COMPENSATION UNIT,

GUARANTE TRUST BANK PLC COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.
Send a copy of your response to official
Email: info@paymentoffice.com

Contact Rev. Frank Feldbruegge (SAN)

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$850.000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)This includes every foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact :-

NAME: Rev.Frank Feldbruegge (SAN)
EMAIL: frankfeldbruegge@sbcglobal.net
TELEPHONE: +234-708-304-5364

As he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of US$850.000.00(EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS This funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any ATM CASH POINT of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM CARD to you.
Good luck and kind regards,


Mr. Kofi Annan.

Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).
Making the world a better place

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