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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:
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348034250715 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • rem_dept_fib@myway.com
  • rem_dept_fib@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ROBERT PETERS <rpeter10101@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rpeter1010@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE DO SEND THIS APPLICATION TO THE BANK AND CALL ME.


Dear Mr. Einhard Papstst,

How are you today,

Thank you for your mail and willingness to work with me. I am glad to have you as my partner and I believe that if you will give me your unalloyed cooperation,
we will achieve our objective in this project.As soon as the fund is transferred, I will come over to your country for sharing and disbursement after which my family will come along with me hence I will invest part of my share in any profitable venture in
your country,which you're going to direct me on.

However, below is draft of text of application which you should fill and fax or send via email through the official email address of the bank. Send it today so that the firm will acknowledge the receipt and start working on the verification and release of the funds
to you as the next of kin to my late client.

The transaction will last about 14working days from the date of application submitted with the bank so prepare yourself very well to receive the funds in your account.

Avoid discussing or disclosing this transaction so that it does not get to the ear of the wrong people.Being my only partner, you need to follow my advise to enable us achieve our aims in this project,therefore, stick to my advise.


If there is anything you don't understand and you can call me at any time because the telephone number I gave you is my direct telephone number which is
+234-8034-250-715.or +234-1-475-4761.Please do not fail to call me for heart to heart discussion today.

All the best of lucks.

Your brother,

Robert Peters

+234-8034-250-715

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TEXT OF APPLICATION

ATTN : THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT
FIRST INLAND BANK PLC (FIB) LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEL/ FAX. :+ 234-8023-254-759 Email: rem_dept_fib@myway.com OR
rem_dept_fib@yahoo.com

Sir,

RE: LETTER OF APPLICATION / TRANSFER OF SEVEN MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THAUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS US$7,500,000.00

I .....................an ................. National wish to apply for the transfer of US $7,500,000.00 from the account N°87-534411-68 belonging to Mr.Patrick Furguson who died in a car accident few years ago.

I hereby declare that I am his cousin and the next of kin to the deceased and wish that his proceeds which he left behind in your bank be transferred to my account below stated without any deductions at all.

Please accept this late application as it was due to family concerning, consequent upon his funeral rights.I hope you will understand and expedite action. Personal Information as follows.

Name:.........................................
Address:......................................
Tel:..................Fax:....................
Email:........................................
The account details is as follows :-
Bank name :...................................
Bank address : ...............................
Account N° ...................................
Aba routing code : ...........................
Sort/Swift code:..............................

I will be happy if this application is approved and funds transferred into my account afore stated and on no account should my account details be changed without a written information and the total amount should and must be transferred in full to my bank account.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Name & Signature
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Extra Note:Send to me your full information as i requested before.


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