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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  
• 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.
  • pas_tony_ubah2004pas@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barry" <barry_peter2004@myway.com>
Reply-To: pas_tony_ubah2004pas@myway.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 03:23:18 -0500 (EST)
Subject: MY GOOD FRIEND











Dear Friend,
How are you doing today, I hope all is getting on very well after all those days, i have been trying to contact you for a long time and it has been very difficult, I do not know why.
Any way, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the payment of our contract fee paid by the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, after so many years of completion and commissioning of the contract. (THE NATIONAL SPORTS SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, ABUJA) Contract No.: (FGN/NSSC/A/2342/14/5/99) Presently I'm in U.K. for Investment Projects with my own share of the the contract procedure.
Meanwhile, I didn't forget your partnership and contribution to the entire project and your past efforts and attempts to assist me in making sure that we together get it completed as scheduled.Now contact my Pesonal Assistant in Nigeria his name is, PASTOR TONY UBAH on this email address: pas_tony_ubah2004pas@myway.com,
I have informed him to assist you in getting your money paid to you through the Bank in which i deposited the money on your name, the sum is (USD$3.000.000.00 ) THREE MILLION DOLLARS, which is your own share of the contract as agreed between us, if you go through your documents and agreements you will find it.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the problems from the Government at that time. In the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which I am having at hand right now.Finally.
Remember to qoute the contract no. (FGN/NSSC/A/2342/14/5/99) and the amount (USD$3.000.000. 00) THREE MILLION DOLLARS to him (PASTORE TONY) by this, he will know that you are realy from me, though I had informed him on your behalf to assist you in getting your money sent to you from our Bank without any delay.
Your Sincerely,
MR. P . BARRY


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