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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:
  • "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • accountsdepartment101@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Office Of The Senate" <Senate@mail.com>
Reply-To: accountsdepartment101@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:49:20 +0800
Subject: Attention Beneficiary

Attention Beneficiary:

Congratulations as we bring to your notice your Senate Donation Grant
from the office of the senate. Your email address attached drew the
lucky winning number and you have emerge the beneficiary of $800.000.00
USD(Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to code number
(M17269). Be inform that your Donation funds of $800.000.00 USD has
been deposited in our affiliated bank. You are advice to go ahead and
contact the bank for the transfer of your total funds which by now has
already been encoded in a bank transfer code. Once again congratulation.

All you need to do now is to visit the Transfering bank with the
details below to enable them commence with the transfer:

CONTACT DETAILS TO THE BANK
==============================
BANK NAME:Oceanic Bank International PLC
BANK ADDRESS:Waterfront Plaza, 270 Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue,
P. O. Box 75073, Victoria Island, Lagos,Nigeria.
DEPARTMENT: Accounts Department.
FINICIAL/PUBLIC RELATION MANAGER:Mr.Michael Smith
TELEPHONE: {+234}-8058-765-773
EMAIL: accountsdepartment101@gmail.com

PROVIDE THE BANK WITH THE BELOW DETAILS FOR TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS:
================================
[1]. Full Names:
[2]. Home Address:
[3.] Age.
[4]. Sex:
[5]. Occupation:
[6]. Phone Number:
[7]. Nationality:
[8]. Country:
================================
When sending an email to the accounts department you should note the
following. You should write the bank and let them know you wish to
Transfer your donation funds to your account. You should supply them
with the encoded transfer code worth $800.000.00 USD (M17269) Again the
code is M17269

Remember that after they must have opened up a new bank account for
you. You will then be able to login and transfer your money from online
to your country. Note that you only have a deadline of two weeks from
now to complete the transfer of your prize money.Therefore you
shouldact as quickly as possible.

Once again congratulations and Enjoy Your Funds.

Kindest Regards,
(Sen). David Mark
Senate President.

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