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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +2348038023357 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • oceanicnb@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Jami Chuck."<ep53003@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:29:53 +0100
Subject: ..............ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

 

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file  which Eight Million Six Hundred and Forty Thousand United States Dollars  US$8 640 000 00 only.

 

We also found out that you have not receive any payment since the British Government has set aside Eight Hundred Million  United State Dollars US$800 000 000.00 only from the One Billion Dollars  collected from fraudsters with the help of the Economic Financial Crime  Commissions both in London and  Nigeria These include cash and frozen assess to ompensate those who have been  attempted or victims of fraud by some posters/fraudsters in Nigeria London and other part of the country.

 

Hence we have decided to bring a solution to  your problem by arranging your payment through an CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT OR BY ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR FOUND.

 

This is the latest instruction by the President Umaru Yar-Adua GCFR  Federal Republic of Nigeria and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in conjuction with US government. Please confirm if you will like to receive  the fund US$8 640 000 00 sending us the below

 

1. Names in full: -------------

2. Address:, -----------------

3. Nationality: ---------------

4. Age: --------------------

5. Occupation: ------------

6. Phone/Fax: ----------------

7. Present Country: -----------

8. Contract amount: ------------

9.Copy of int'l passport,drivers linsense,or any valid ID card.

 

For your information you have to stop any further communication with any  other person s or office s in respect of transferring your fund this is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. You are advised to  contact the below office of the Financial Auditor International Credit Settlement Dept.

 

LAGOS NIGERIA with the above information as soon as you  receive this important message for more direction on this.

 

Contact Office: OCEANIC INTERNATIONAL BANK NIG PLC

Contact Person: MR ISA AHMED

Contact email : oceanicnb@gmail.com

Contact Tell:   234-8038023357

 

Therefore  we have paid to them their delivery charges & insurance coverage fee,  but the  only fee left  to be paid  now  is their security safe keeping fee of $150  dollars only and i  would have paid that but they said no because they don't know  when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.

 

I will advise you to contact International Credit Settlement Dept and ask them how to make the payment

 

Note that because of impostors we hereby issued you our code of conduct which is 445 so you have to indicate this code when contacting this office .

 

Regards.

Mr. Jami Chuck.

Secretary

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