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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "agfnpaydesk2 Gazeta.pl" <agfnpaydesk2@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: agfndesk@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 03:19:08 -0700
Subject: WITH ALL HONESTY AND RESPECT. FROM UMARU DAN FAKI


WITH ALL HONESTY AND RESPECT. FROM UMARU DAN FAKI

My Dear,

I write to seek your assistance on an urgent matter of importance to us.
This has to do what the claim of US$5.5million.

I am the Director of Payment at the Accountant-General Office under the
Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This Money resulted from a contract awarded to a company HBG NIG. LTD and
the company belongs to one MR. HEINRICH B. ACKERMANN.

The above sum has been in this Office waiting transfer to the contractor's
bank account since Sept. 2001. After such a long period, I made efforts to
contact the company and I discovered that the owner of the Company MR.
HEINRICH B. ACKERMANN a German/American Citizen died in the WORLD TRADE
CENTER BOMBING of 11th Sept. 2001 in New York USA.

I also made efforts to contact the Next of Kin of HEINRICH B. ACKERMANN or
his company here in Nigeria. And I find out that the late HEINRICH B.
ACKERMANN did this job as a Consultant and has no fiscal address or contact
here, thus the company is not on ground here. He did not leave any next of
kin either.

I therefore request that you work with me and l will use my position to
secure documents that will change the contact papers to your name and have
this funds transferred to your nominated bank account as the contractor
beneficiary.

Once I hear from you, I will set in motion the process that will lead to the
success of this transaction.

However, I will advise that you keep this matter to yourself alone because
of the circumstance of this transaction, which I am very sure that you know
now. At the same time, I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk
free provided that we keep it to our safe alone.

You will receive as your share, US$2.5Million, leaving the rest for me

I wait to hear from you.

Sincerely Yours,
Umaru Dan Faki

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