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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "udomaudo Gazeta.pl" <udomaudo@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: info.nnpctowers@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:36:23 -0700
Subject: attn/pls


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Attn:

*My name is Udoma Udo Udoma and I am the chairman Petroleum Technology
Development Fund(PTDF) We are convinced that you can be able to provide us
with a solution to effect a remittance of S$15.5M (Fifteen Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) resulting from OVER- INVOICING of
CONTRACTS executed by foreign contractors for the Nigerioa National
Petroleum Corporation with contract No:-NNPC/EPR/104/PED/94.This project has
been fully executed and commissioned*
**
*The new Civilian government that came into office on May this year on it's
debt reduction programme has directed that all outstanding debts owed to
foreign contractors be paid this last phase of it's debt payment programme.
Note:- As civil servants, we are not permitted to operate foreign account by
the Nigerian civil service law. Therefore,in order to facilitate the tranfer
of this fund into your Company/Personal acount, we shall need the
following from you:** *
**
*1.Your personal telephone number plus fax.
2.Your company name and address.
3.Your age/nature of business.** *
**
*I have agreed with my colleagues that you will be given 25% of the total
sum for providing us with your account for this transaction while 75% will
be for me and my colleagues. Upon the receipt of your particulars,we will
tender an official application for the release of the payment through the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF).
Finally,you are required to keep this transaction with absolute
confidentaility*
**
*I am look forward to your favourable respond.** *
**
*Your's faithfully,*

*Engr.Udoma Udo Udoma
Chairman, NNPC Contract Award Committee.*

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