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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "contract award committee" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: john uwalaka <johnuwalaka2025@live.com>
Reply-To: <johnuwalaka444@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:12:09 +0100
Subject: Good Day Sir/Madam



FROM:John UwalakaNIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS(NLNG)C & C TOWERS,ADIOLA ODEKUN STREET,VICTORIA ISLANDLAGOS - NIGERIA.WEBSITE:www.nlng.com
Dear Sir/Madam ,
My name is Mr.John Uwalaka,a member of the Tender Review and Contract Awarding Committee of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG).
We have the sum total of US$10,500,000 (Ten million,five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to be transferred to an overseas account upon proper application without any risk whatsoever. We used our position as the then Contract Award Committee members to get this fund by Over-Invoice of contract award to a consortium of foreign firms in 1990 for the construction of the Finima Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Port-Harcourt- Rivers State of Nigeria,worth US$3.6 Billion.
The contract has been executed and the contractors have been paid in full. But this Over-Invoice sum of US$10.5 Million has been kept in a special account at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), our Apex bank.
The fund is due for withdrawal,due to the nature of this contract, the payment can only be made into a foreign account and it has to be applied by a foreign beneficiary hence the contract was executed by foreign firms.
Therefore, we need your maximum assistance to transfer this fund into your bank account in your country. Upon the successful transfer of this fund to your account, I and my other two colleagues who are involved in this deal has agreed to compensate you with 30% of the total sum, while 5% shall be used for the settlement of any incidental expenses that we may incure during the course of transferring the fund into your account, then the remaining 65% will be for me and my other two colleagues.
You are requested to indicate your interest without delay, I shall urgently require from you the following through my E-mail Address, for more confidentiality in this business transaction.
(1 Your private telephone / fax number (2)Your full name / company name and address (3)Your bank Account where you wish this fund to be transferred into. This should include the account number, bank address and telephone / fax numbers of the bank.
There is no risk involved in this transaction hence you keep it strictly confidential, because every arrangement and underground work has been fully perfected for the easy transfer of the fund into your account.
As soon as I receive the above information from you, I will forward the fund payment application in your favour to the Central Bank of Nigeria for payment approval.Please Refer to the above Website with details of the Project.
Yours Sincerely,
John Uwalaka.


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