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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.
• 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.
  • garrity.robertg.robert994@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3agarrity.robertg.robert994@gmail.com
  • idris.idowu9@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Garrity Robert" <garrity.robert3@pravda.ru>
Reply-To: garrity.robertg.robert994@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:15:47 +0100
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


*FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
ROOM 4-230, KALANIANAOLE FOB
300 ALA MOANA BOULEVARD HONOLULU , HAWAII 96850-0053
http://www.fbi.gov
Email:garrity.robertg.robert994@gmail.com</mc/compose?to=Email%3Agarrity.robertg.robert994@gmail.com>
Robert J. Garrity, Jr Deputy Assistant Director, Records Management Division
FBI
Before the House of Represenatatives, Subcommittee on International
Terrorism,
Nonproliferation and Human Rights Los Angeles , California*

*
Attn: Honourable Beneficiary.*

*We the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI Honolulu) United States Of
America have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you
have a transaction going on as either inheritance payment,Lottery or
contract payment
in a tone of Millions of United States Dollars which have been approved but
have not been settled.*

*This is to officially inform you that we have verified your
Lottery,contract /inheritance file after close monitoring and found out why
you have not received your payment,both on your part and on the part of your
debtors.Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the
non officials in the bank who are attempting to secure the release of your
fund to you. We wish to advise you that this is illegal and you should stop
further communication with them forthwith because such an illegal act like
this can lead to cancellation of your fund.*

*We have been having so many complains from people who have been scammed
arround the world,after concluding in a meeting with members of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF),and all the presidents in Africa
concerning these, we came to a conclusion that every payment will be made
through the UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC in the Republic Of NIGERIA. We also
concluded on the use of ELECTRONIC ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM as the only direct
means to pay all beneficiaries.This is to inform you that we have just pass
a NOTIFICATION to the MINISTRY OF FINANCE,to pay you an accumulated
deposited fund through
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.*

*By this payment method,your funds will be loaded in two batches into an ATM
card, and sent to you, from this card you can withdraw a maximum of
us$15,000 per day from any ATM machine worldwide,BUT from the financial
houses there is no limit.So if you would like to receive your funds in this
way please send your following information to the paying bank.*

*1. Full Name
2. Full Address (P.O Box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4. Your age, sex and current occupation
5. This is very important and we expect you to be honest.How much have you
lost in any transaction with these scammer/fraudsters???*

*We immediately instruct you to contact Dr.Idris Idowu with the email
contact below.Below are the contact details of the PAYING BANK(UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA PLC) in the Republic Of Nigeria to whom you will send your
information for the processing of the ATM card as soon as possible:*

*CONTACT Dr.Idris Idowu,
HEAD OF OPERATIONS,ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION,UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
370 Queens STREET ,Island,
E144QJ REPUBLIC OF Nigeria.
EMAIL: idris.idowu9@gmail.com </mc/compose?to=idris.idowu9@gmail.com>*

*The DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION has been mandated to issue out your payments
for this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information, you have to stop any
further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) who claim to be
established agents using it to defraud innocent people worldwide.This is to
avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.*

*THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADVISE.*

*Faithfully Yours,*

*MR. ROBERT S. GARRITY, III
FOR COROPORATE AFFAIRS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI Honolulu))
LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*

* *

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