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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "of which your share shall be" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
  • doris50s@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?doris=20john?= <doris50s@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: doris509@myway.com
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:45:57 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Yours faithfully,


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: doris50s@yahoo.co.in

ATTN:


ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE


I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates

or landed properties in your country on behalf of the

Director of Contract and Finance Allocations of the

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.


Considering his very strategic and influencial

position, he want the transaction to be strictly confidential as

possible. He further wants his identity to remain

undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of

transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas

agent.


I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would

agree to act as our overseas agent in order to

actualize this transaction.


The deal in brief is that the funds with which we

intend to carry out our proposed investments in your

country is presently in a coded account at the Nigeria

Apex bank (Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your

assistance to transfer the funds to your country in a

convinient bank account that will be provided by you

before we can put the funds into use in your country.


For this, you shall be considered to have executed a

contract for the federal ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for

which payment should be effected to you by Ministry, The contract

sum of which shall run into US$28.5Million (Twenty

Eight Million, Five Hundred Dollars) of which your

share shall be 20% if you agree to be our overseas

agent.


As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is

successfully transfered into your acoount, we intend

to use our own share in aquiring some estates and

setting up trust acoounts abroad. For this too you

shall also serve as our agent.


In the light of this, I would like you to forward to

me the following information's:


1. Your company name and address if any.

2. Your personal fax number.

3. Your personal telephone number for easy

communication.


You are requested to communicate your accpetance of

this proposal through this email. After which we shall

discuss in details the modalities for seeing this

transaction through.


Your quick response will be highly appreciate. Thank

you in anticipation of your cooperation.Telephone; 234-802-721-8092

Yours faithfully,


Doris John




- doris john

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