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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "million 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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 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.
  • bayoj7738@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: un_officefile01@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:11:42 +0200
Subject: FUND TRANSFER.


DEAR SIR/MA
I THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPATION (NNPC) AND BY VIRTURE I A DIRECTOR IN THE NNPC LAGOS, I GOT
YOUR
CONTACT ADDRESS FROM AN ASSOCIATE WORKING WITH THE NIGERIAN EXPORT
PROMOTION COUNCIL AND I DECIDED TO PROPOSE TO YOU THIS BUSINESS
IN
STRICT CONFIDENCE. PURPOSE: ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE MINISTERIAL OFFICIALS AND THE OTHER OFFICERS INCHARGE OF
OFF-SHORE
REMITTANCE IN THIS CORPORATION. WE FOR THE TRANSFER OF TWENTY
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($20M) TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR FURTHER
PRIVATE
INVESTMENT PURPOSE.
HENCE OUR REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
SOURCE OF FUND: THIS AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ACCURED
FROM OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT
AMOUNT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OIL REFINERY
SUB-STATIONS IN NIGERIA(NORTHERN REGION) IN 1998 TO EXPERAITE
COMPANIES,THE CONTRACT WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY VALUED FOR ONE HUDRED AND
FOUR MILLION U.S. DOLLARS WAS MANIPULATED TO READ ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
MILLION DOLLARS. THE EXTRA
$20 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS IS WHAT WE WANT TO
TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT.THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED AND
THE CONTRACTORS HAVE
BEEN PAID ALL THEIR CONTRACT BILLS REMAINING $20
MILLION U.S.DOLLARS.REQUIREMENT: WHAT EXPECT FROM YOU DURING YOUR
REPLY:
(A) YOUR NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS, YOUR PHONE AND FAX UNMBER, FOR
EASY
COMMUNICATION.
(B) THE NAME OF YOUR BANK, PHONE AND FAX UNMBER, AND
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT UNMBER FOR SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRIES AS TO WHERE
THE MONEY WILL BE
LOGED.
(C) YOU SHALL ARRANGE FOR US TO MEET WITH YOU
IMMEIATELLY AFTER WE SECURE THE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF
THE FUNDS.
DISBURSEMENT : WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT YOU TAKE 30% OF THE
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO
CLAIM THE
CONTRACT OVER-INVOICED MONEY HERE IN MIGERIA WIYHOUT YOUR
ASSISTANCE IN ADDITION, 10% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR ANY MISCELLANEOUS
EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU AND US DURING THIS BUSINESS, AND 60% IS FOR
MY
COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF.
SECURITY: ALL MODALITIES TO EFFECT THE PAYMENT
AND SUBSQUENT TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY HAS BEEN WORKED OUT, SO THIS
TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK
FREE. THOGH, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT THIS
BUSINESS WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.
I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
THROUGH THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS bayoj7738@sify.com AND SEND ME YOUR
CONFIDENTIAL FAX AND PHONE UNMBER FOR SPEEDY CORRESPONDENCE,I WILL
HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
TREAT THIS BUSINESS WITH THE STRICT
CONFIDENCE
IT DEMANDS FOR BEST REGARDS,
MR.BAYO JOHNSON.

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