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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348028737152 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev John Aboh" <johnaboh00113@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnaboh44@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:11:38 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION FOR RELEASE OF $9.5M


FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc
HEAD OFFICE SAMUEL
ASABIA HOUSE35 MARINA
LAGOS NIGERIA

Dear Sir.

NOTIFICATION FOR RELEASE OF $9.5M
This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today.
I am Rev. John Aboh the new director, international remittance
department of this bank ,my boss Mr Jacob M Ajekigbe, the MD/ CEO of
this bank is now on compulsory leave and all power has been vested on
me to make all international payment. Furthermore due to allegations
of corrupt practice against other Nigeria Banks, the Federal
Government of Nigeria has appointed this bank to effect all foreign
overdue payment.

Be informed that the Federal Government have Approved the release of
$9.5M which have been in this bank for many years UNCLAIMED. Our Boss
in collabration with the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria have
refuse to tell you the truth on how to claim your fund, this is
because they has been using the interest accumulated from your fund
every year to enrich themselves without your
knowledge. I want to help you POOL OUT this fund to your Bank account
today using the easiest and quickest method which have not been known
to you before.

By this method a Domiciliary Account will be opened for you. A
domiciliary account is a secure account which we will open for you in
our Bank and Credit your payment of $9.5M for further credit into your
account, the essence of this Domiciliary account is to secure and
protect your payment from being diverted by fraudulent people or
making payment to a foreign account which do not belong to
you, the greatest advantage is that you can instruct us to credit your
nominated account bit by bit with small amount thereby saving yourself
from the emberrasment of Financial Authority in your country who
monitor large transfer
due to current trend of terrorist. Another beauty of the domiciliary
account is that you can retain the balance left in your account in our
Bank and can also instruct us to pay out money to any bank of your
choice in the world, or issue you an ATM Card which you can use in any
part of the world when in a business trip.

I hope you now understand the advantages of a Domiciliary account and
why you need this account to receive your payment of $9.5M now in our
Bank. You are advice to forward as a matter of urgent your direct
telephone and Fax number and your contact address as we have started
the process of opening the account for you. All that is require of you
is to Activate the newly opened Domiciliary
Account with a minimum sum of $185 in line with Provisions of Section
2 Sub Section (iia) of Banks and Financial Act of 2001 which state
that all Non Resident Account otherwise known as Domiciliary must be
activated to make the account operational, while Sub Section (iib) do
NOT permit any Bank official from making deduction from the payment to
be deposited in the domiciliary account, which is $9,5M in your own
case.


Call me on 234 8028737152 so that I will issue you payment release
code which must be given to you personally on telephone strictly for
security reason. This code is very important and is what you will use
to confirm your payment,

Yours faithfully


Rev JOHN ABOH
Director International Remittance
First Bank of Nigeria.

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