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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:
  • "transfer into your 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)
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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 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.
  • favourudehcbn01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Udeh Favour" <favourudeh4@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: favourudeh_cbn006@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:08 +0100
Subject: Your cash payment


Central Bank of Nigeria
Fact Finding and Special Duties
Tunuibu Square, Lagos-Nigeria
Office phone ;234-1-2197742
E-mail; favourudehcbn01@gmail.com

Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Favour Udeh, i am a director of fact findings and special
duties,i am newly appointed to head the department in the apex bank (cbn).
and i am a christian in nigeria.inpursuit,i and two staffs of my department
found out some irregularities going on, your payment with central bank of
Nigeria(cbn),we found out that you had met all the
statutory requirements needed to effect transfer into your account with your
bank .but i am not happy the ways people has been extorting money from you
on pretext to help you receive your million dollars with the cbn.

I will advise you from this moment to desist from communicating with these
unscruplous elements that paraded themselves to be good innocent people,i
want to let you know that if you did not desist from this bad elements that
you will contiune paying your hard earned money to them and with their
endless stories,requesting one certificate to another.i can assure you that
since last years this their fraudulent character had started and non of them
can pay you the supposed money. note that all the money you had paid to them
were used for their interest/benefits,i reiterated that you should stop any
further correspondence with this unbelievers.

It is a pity that this people had extorted much money from you but i had
personally introduced a device that can be possibly use to pay you all this
money without any further documentations,but it must be keep secret because
i want to use the method the foreign currencies do came into the country,it
will be arranged through diplomatic preference
carriage shcheme.i will first despatch two boxes that will contained $10m
and of $100 bills to your private address and after receipt of the boxes and
you confirm the contents from your bankers.

I will send to you another batch but i will advise that you will not let any
body to know about this method to avoid people eyesbrow.i had arranged with
the courier company,the company agreed to despatch the boxes but i did not
tell them the original contents because the courier company,s do not carry
physical cash for despatch,what i will declare to them as the contents of
the boxes is sensitive films and film materials ,so that the company will
not request for physical inspections because the films does not require
sunrays or contact with air.

I will finally conclude with the courier company when i receive your go
ahead order,kindly stop any further discussion with these people and do not
pay any more money to them or to those called themselves bank officials.

Please note, for me and my colleague's to assist you receive your overdue
debt payment from this office, i will request that you compensate us with
20% from the total sum of $10m, which will be deliverred to your doorstep by
the diplomatic courier company,i will furnish you with more informations as
soon as i received your go ahead order,that you will compensate me and my
colleague's with 20% of the total amount you are to receive.Please dirct
your respond to this E-mail; favourudehcbn01@gmail.com

Awaiting your urgent reply

Best regards
Mr.Favour Udeh

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