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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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Udoji Atata" <udojiatata@msn.com>
Reply-To: atataonline2000@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:24:50 +0000
Subject: Trusting you

Office of the financial controller.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Building 6/7 Falomo Lagos, Nigeria.


Dear friend,

I am Dr Udoji Atata,The financial controller in the Federal
Ministry Of Agriculture (FMA) Headquarters lagos. I am writing
on behalf of my colleagues in the Ministry and have been
assigned to seek for the assistance of a reliable foreign
company through which we can transfer the sum of THIRTY
MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY (US$30,000,000). This money is
deposited in the FMA Treasury account with the Central Bank of
Nigeria.

ORIGIN OF THE FUND: This sum arose from the deliberated
over-invoicing of contract awarded by my ministry to foreign
firm in the twilight days of the last military regime. This
contract has been completely executed and commissioned and the
contractor that handled this contract has

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