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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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 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.
  • +2348057251007 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +2341774430922 (Nigeria, landline)

Fraud email example:

From: "dr.jjjohndecker@terra.es" <dr.jjjohndecker@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:32:13 +0100 (MET)
Subject: From the Desk of John Decker


From the Desk of John Decker
Federal Ministry of Finance
103 Walter Carrington roads,
Lagos-Nigeria.
Tel: 234-8057251007
Fax: 234-1-7744309


22/12/2007
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is John Decker, I work with the Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria, and I have seen that several times people tried to divert your funds into their own personal account I mean those you call your partner in Nigeria and London.

Now I write to you in respect of the amount which I have been able to send to you through the Federal Government Diplomat who has arrived in EUROPE, now I want you to know that the diplomat would deliver the funds which I have package as a diplomatic compensation to you and the amount in the consignment is $6,000.000.00 (Six Million U.S. Dollars Only).

To this end, I did not disclose the content to the diplomat that the box contain money but I told him that it is your compensation from the Government House here in Nigeria and from our affiliate in London, I want you to know that this funds would help your financial status as I have seen in record in London and here in Nigeria that you have spent a lot trying to receive these funds. I am not demanding so much from you but Just 20% of the funds and after this I shall proceed in helping you to collect the total amount.

I want you to give me a call immediately you receive this fax message so that I can give you the contact information of the diplomat who has arrived in EUROPE for the past two days and have been waiting to get your information so that he can proceed with the delivery to your doorstep.

Yours Sincerely,

John Decker
Federal Ministry of Finance.






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