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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • ebi_inter_cbn@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?ernest=20ebi?= <ebi_inter_cbn@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: eebi_inter_cbn@walla.com
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:51:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE: RESPOND URGENTLY


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : ebi_inter_cbn@yahoo.fr

FROM: MR. ERNEST EBI

DIRECTOR; INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA

TEL: 234 803 4552142

EMAIL: eebi_inter_cbn@walla.com



ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY


SUBJECT; FUND DELIVERY NOTIFICATION



This is to inform you that i am in receipt of an application for fund transfer into your account. Be aware that Government parastatals, ministries, institutions, corporations or Commercial Banks in

this Country are not authorised to transfer money above one million five hundred thousand dollars out of this Country without due clearance from my

office.


Following the recent meeting with the PRESIDENT Federal Republic of Nigeria,Federal Executive Council ( FEC), Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), and National Committee for Bankers Forum, my office have been mandated to deliver your fund in CASH to your doorstep. And this can only be effective through a diplomatic means. The money will be cancealled in two metal boxes and will be

labelled as DIPLOMATIC LODGUAGE so as to be able to obtain full diplomatic immunity coverage from INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING MONITORING UNIT to

ensure a hitch-free delivery. This arrangement was implemented to bit the wide range of Fraudsters and revive our Country's dented image / economy .


THE MODE OF OUR OPERATION ARE AS FOLLOWS;


1;You are to inform this office the name of the Nearest International Airport

to you, so as to enable us Enrout the Diplomats Travelling documents

correctly.


2; You are to send to this office the first and second pages of your International Passport or any other identification of your person as we shall aswell forward to you copies of the International Passport of the diplomat who will be delivering your consignment for a easy identification of yourselves to each other.


3;You are required to send also your direct telephone / fax numbers respectively and your mailling address for easy communication as we will be sending to you the original delivery documents and the KEYS to the boxes by courier before the arrival of the diplomat.


Upon his arrival, both of you will move straight to your local bank to lodge the funds into your account afterwhich you will endorse certain vital papers which he will present to you to confirm the intact receipt of your funds. This will enable this office to write their report back to the authorities / offices concerned that a safe delivery has been executed and concluded with you.


Finally on receipt of these requirements from you, we will then start processing the necessary documents as to the delivery of your consignment to you.


Kindly reach me on my direct telephone number 234-803-4552142, Email: eebi_inter_cbn@walla.com ( 24hrs ) from Monday thru Saturday as i am working round the clock so as to meet with the stipulated period of time given to me by the President / the Executive Council to conclude this exercise.


Looking forward to your urgent response.


Regards,


MR. ERNEST EBI

DIRECTOR: INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE








- ernest ebi

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