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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)
• 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.
  • engr_williamsokoye@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Okoye" <matrix0147@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:22:36 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

ATTN: Sir/Madam

I am ENGR WILLIAMS OKOYE a member of Petroleum Product Price Regulatory
Agency (PPPRA).

Our agency is in charge of pricing, regulatory and supply of crude oil in
Nigeria.

You must agree with me that right now the crude oil in International market
has risen to USD60 per barrel due to the crises in Iraq.

If you care to know our budget for the sales of crude oil this year is
USD48 per barrel. From the excess supplied, we acquired a wind- fall of
USD15.5M for our personal use.

Right now, the fund is in our apex bank (THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA)
waiting for claim. As we are civil servant, our Government Policies does not
allow us to keep such amount locally or foreign account.

For this reason, we could not claim it. Base on this reason, we contact you
to join us conclude this transaction.

Upon you agreement to join us, we shall need your full names and address to
arrange
relevant documents to enable you apply for the fund from our apex
bank.(central bank of nigeria).

Following this big project, one of us will come over to your country after
the funds must have been transfered to your account.

We will also draft a memorandum of understanding to spell out in
details your sharing ratio of 30%. Consider this transaction very
confidential and 100% risk free.

If you are okay by my explaination, feel free to contact me through my
E:mail: engr_williamsokoye@excite.com
for further details.

Your faithfully,

ENGR WILLIAMS OKOYE

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