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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "raphel bello" <raphelbellobb@msn.com>
Reply-To: raphelbellobb@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:53:18 +0000
Subject: COMPENSATION NOTE

FROM THE DESK OF INTERNATIONAL
CORRUPTION PRACTISE COMMISSION
OF NIGERIA,
GARIKI ROAD 22B,
ABUJA [FCT], NIGERIA,
WEST AFRICA.


Dear sir/madam,
My name is chief Raphael Bello. The executive treasurer to [ICPC]
international Corruption practice Commission in collaboration with [EFCC]
economic and financial crime commission set up by the federal government of
Nigeria to fight, curb and arrest all the rampant dubious fraudsters [men
and women] in Nigeria that duped or scammed peoples money transcontinental
through the internet in a mendacious way of telling lies to them in order to
duped them.
Meanwhile, with the establishments [ICPC] and [EFCC] anti- corruption
agencies that fight how to eliminate the entire dubious and fraudulent act
within my country Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria has been able
to arrest 530 dubious fraudsters in Nigeria and cease all the domestic
property that belongs to them and has recovered an exorbitant huge amount of
money worth of four hundred and seventy million united state dollars [470 us
dollars] with the help of international corruption practice commission and
economic and financial crime commission of Nigeria through serious
investigation, public information, street and bank arrest, cross-examine,
torture and confession from them.
More ever, this [$470 million us dollars] fund recovered from those so
call mean and malicious dubious fraudsters peoples in Nigeria are kept in
the federal government of Nigeria reserve fund account for about one and
half years. But on the 27 November2005.The national house of assembly
delegate, senators, ministers, governors, senior advocates of Nigeria had a
jointly decision taking on how to invest the fund but arrived at the
conclusion that the four hundred and seventy million us dollars ceased or
recovered by the [ICPC] and [EFCC] of Nigeria should be refund back to
several individual that had been duped by those Nigeria Africa money scammer
as a COMPENSATION to them as to what has been stolen from them, thus, I am
contacting you to reply this mail if you had been duped by those Nigeria
Africa scammers to possess your own compensation from the international
corruption practice commission of Nigeria.
[NOTE; it is only a person that has been duped by those Nigeria mean and
malicious Africa fraudulent scammers are authorized to reply this mail for
the seek of God and for good reputation]. The federal government of Nigeria
are doing all this to reduce the stigma or shame which those bastard dubious
Nigeria Africa scammers has cause to the image of Nigeria as a country and
in international relationship affair.
I hope to hear from your riposte reply.
PLEASE WHEN REPLING THIS MAIL, WRITE SHOT NOTE IN NOT MORE THAN 50 WORDS ON
HOW YOU HAS BEEN DUPED BY THOSE SO CALL NIGERIA AFRICAN SCAMMERS FOR MORE
VERIFICATION.
Best Respect,
Chief Raphel Bello.
Executive treasurer [ICPC].

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