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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:
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: tony ADAMS <ty_adams0@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:52:39 +0100
Subject: UBA-BANK/UNITED NATIONS 2008




UBA-BANK/UNITED NATIONS 2008=20
FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
ROAD,KUBWA,ABUJA.
DATED:04/03/2008

COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS=20

TO:WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE # 06654: AMOUNT, USD$750,000.00

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to UBA-bank Abuja to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $750,000USD=
each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed=
victims,get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of =
your $750,000USD. compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know that during the
last UN meetings held at Abuja,Nigeria,it was alarmed so much by the rest =
of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to=
the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today,in oth=
er to retain the good image of the country,the president of the country(Pr=
esident musa umaru yar'adua. ) is now paying 100 victims of this operators=
$750,000USD. each, the payments are to be paid by UBA-bank Abuja,Nigeria,=
corressponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Central Bank of=
Nigeria(C.B.N.).

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been
paid ,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have
more 16 left to be paid the compensations of $750,000USD. each.Your
particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lag=
os Nigeria as one of thier victims of the operations,you are hereby warned=
not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason w=
hat so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information,please visit:

http://www.nigeriafraud.org [http://www.nigeriafraud.org]

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options
you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS, WIRE TRANSFERS or by ATM CARD PAYMENT,I
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

DR.TONY ADAMS
(CHAIRMAN)



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