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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found 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.
  • sani4reality@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: equity01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:30:45 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Very=20very=20urgent=2E=2E?=

FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FCDA)
Area 11 Secretariat, P.M.B 24, Garki,
Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja, Nigeria

From the Desk of:
Engr. Mohammed. S. Alhassan (secretary)
Mobile Cell# 234 805 5895819

Attn: C.E.O./MANAGER

Dear sir,

I have the pleasure to make this surprising but mutually benefiting business
proposal to you. I got your contact address through the office of the Nigerian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Although the details of my intention was
not made known to them.

I am the Executive Secretary of the FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(FCDA) Abuja, Nigeria. I was assigned by two of my collegues to seek for
a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient foreign bank
account in any designated Bank abroad for the transfer of Twenty five, million
united states dollars (USD25,000 000.00) only presently floating in the
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA Vault Foreign Payments Dormiciliary Account belonging
to FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FCDA).

However With our esteemed positions in the (FCDA), I and my collegues who
has prior knowledge to this deal have successfully secured for ourselves
this Twenty five, million United States Dollars (US$25,000,000.00). This
sum was acquired by carefully over-invoicing the Amount of Foriegn Debt
owed to foreign contractors who executed Contracts with FEDERAL CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FCDA) to the excess of this amount of ($25,000,000.00)
as I have stated above.
Therefore We need a reliable company or individual name to be included in
the list of foreign contractors to be paid before shifting our (PAYMENT
VOUCHER) list of foreign contractors to our CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA for
the transfer of the payments. This company or individual will be paid alongside
with other contractors as a Foreign Contractor who executed a Contract with
the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) in the year 2002.

We shall commence the documentations for the hitch-free transfer of this
fund immediately we receive the following information from you:

1) Your full name and full address
2) Your Private Phone and Fax number
3) Your Bank's name, telephone and fax number
4) Your account number and name of beneficiary

The above information will enable us put up letters of claim and job description
to the appropriate ministries concerned for the issuance of the mandatory
Fund Release Approval Order. in This measure, You or Your company will be
recognized and accepted as the beneficiary of the contract entitlements
before the final payment into your nominated account by our CENTRAL BANK
OF NIGERIA.

We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit absolute
confidentiality from you in this transaction. because I am a highly repected
person here in my country as such, I will not like anything that will tarnish
my elevated ganered reputation.

To throw lights on my Personality, Please click the undermentioned Federal
capital Development Authority Website. >

Website: http://www.fct.gov.ng/FCDA
About me: http://www.fct.gov.ng/FCDA/secretary.htm

Finally, Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter, using my private
email:> sani4reality@yahoo.com < Or call me on my Mobile Tel# 234 805 5895819
number for more details regarding this transaction. Also endeavor to send
the requested information to enable us commence action.

Upon my receipt of your credentials requested, we shall then deliberate
on the sharing percetage.

Sincerely,

Engr. Mohammed. S. Alhassan,

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