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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)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • abbam002@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ABBA MUHAMMAD <abbam16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abbam002@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:12:11 +0100
Subject: URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL .




NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS SHIP HOUSE MARINA-EAST LAGOS, NIGERIA. From the desk of: DR.ABBA MUHAMMAD DIRECTOR OF FINANCE .( NPA) DearSIR, URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL . Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since it is from someone you do not know or have seen before, but based on recommendations, I gathered from a very reliable source here in Nigeria.

I am the director, fund coordinator of the Finance Contract Department of Nigeria Ports Authority. The crux of this letter is that the finance / contract department of the NPA deliberatly over-inflated the contract values of various contract awarded.

In the course of disbursement, my office was able to track down the sum of US$23.5M as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the NPA domicilliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I and my colleagues now want to quickly tranfer this fund to a safe nominated foreign account for possible investment abroad.

We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as civil / public servants. Hence the need to solicit for your full banking details, to enable us transfer this money into your account.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharing ration: 1. 25% for you as the account owner 2. 65% for I and my colleagues 3. 10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and internationally during the course of this transaction.

Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as regards to investment of our share. be informed that this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the high powered government officials involved.

Send to my E-mail address the following information: 1.Your full Name2. Your Company Name and address3. Bank name, Address and Account Number 4. Your Telephone and fax number for effective communication This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less than seven (7) working days.

Contact me strictly on my email address:abbam002@myway.com, while looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you. Yours faithfully,DIRECTOR:ABBA.
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