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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +2341241085224180 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • fecib_ng@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FECI BUREAU <fecib_ng6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fecib_ng@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:31:25 +0100
Subject: PLEASE DO CONFIRM THIS.............



FINANCIAL AND ECONOMICCRIME INVESTIGATION BUREAU (FECIB)23/25 QUEENS DRIVE,IKOYI-LAGOS,NIGERIA.TEL:234-1-2410852 2418006
EMAIL: fecib_ng@hotmail.com


We write to bring to your notice that following a tip off by some good-minded Nigerians,our investigation unit was able to arrest one CHRIS ONUMA(real name)while he was trying to swindle a German born woman,ANNE EISENBERG of 3,200EURO in the pretext of assisting her to remit her contract fund owed by Central Bank of Nigeria into her nominated account in Germany.
During CHRIS ONUMA's cofessional statement after series of torture,he confessed to have duped alot of forigners in the past with various fictitious names,of which your name was mentioned and your E-mail address was given to us by this scamist.It is in view of this that we decided to contact you.

He agreed to refund to you all the money he collected from you to the last cent.
Please you are to forward the following to us so that our team of investigation experts could commence action for onward prosecution of this hudlum and to have your money retrieved from him.

1. YOUR FULL NAME.2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.3. MAILING ADDRESS.4. YOUR AGE,CURRENT OCCUPATION, AND YOUR POSITION.5.ALL LETTERS/DOCUMENTS USED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.6.ALL WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SLIPS USED IN SENDING MONEY TO NIGERIA.7.ALL TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS OF THEM IN NIGERIA.

Forward the requested details through our Email address above.As soon as we receive these,we shall advise you accordingly.


Thanks.
Yours in service,Supt.Mary BalogunChief Investigation Officer,FECIB.
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