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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  • gdmark@army.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Debts Management." <gdmark04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <oba@grad.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:11:26 +0000
Subject: WIRE TRANSFER INFO




I David Mark (GCON, distinguished Senate President / Chairman of the Debts Management Office, FCT, Abuja hereby brings to your notice that my office has taken over all the payment transactions originated from Nigeria as Contract payment, Fund Inheritance or Lottery Winning due to Unprofessional/ incapability of financial Institutions / security companies in releasing such huge sum of money due to Fraud, Terrorist and Money Laundry activities.

The Presidency/ FEC has Mandated my office to release funds to original beneficiaries without further delays, Hence Your Name appears as one of the fund beneficiaries in the past, I wish to increase your payment to the sums of USD51,7 Million at which 40% will be returned to me thereafter, be informed that I am in full control, there are smooth and legitimate arrangements to protect the transfer, if this condition is accepted by you, kindly send to me immediately an acceptance mail and reconfirm your contact information, telephone numbers and Banking details as funds will be released within 72hrs.

However, Keep this deal only to yourself for security of my position, discontinue further correspondence with all other payment offices (local and international) as this office supersedes all of them and Stop Order have been issued to them as your payments remains through this office henceforth.
Thanks for adhering to this request.



Gen. David Mark. (Rtd).
Senate President (FGN).
Email: gdmark@army.com
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