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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "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)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Admas=20Belo?= <adams_b00057@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: beloadams2@yahoo.com.co
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:25:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THANKS


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:adams_b00057@yahoo.com.co



- ANTI FRAUD UNITE INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT, N.A.U COMMISSION PLAZA . Head Office N.A.U Commission Plaza 21 Works Layout Garki, ABUJA NIGERIA . TELEFAX: 234 -80-676-8861, Office, 3 Westfield stt. 4BX AB6. London.DIRECT FROM: MR.BELO ADAMS NIGERIAN ANTI FRAUD UNIT Attention: Hugo Bjørn Martinsen First we introduce this unit, Nigerian Anti Fraud Unit (NAFU).We fight cyber crime, scam and money laundering in Nigeria and Africa . Our commission has been in existence since 2007. Our Duty is to stop internet fraud scam. As for today, we have put a lot of fraudsters behind bars and a lot of them are in jail. We go all over Africa and Europe to pick these thieves. We have over 687 of them in our jails around Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived, tricked and lost a lot of money to fraudsters after promising you percentages in their letters for you to help them move funds or through internet dating. At the end of the day they will collect thousands of dollars from you making you a poor person.. All the African crime fighters leaders has come together to inform the world what is going on now and we have over $350 million dollars from the people we have behind bars. The only reason we are writing you this letter is because your name was given to us by one of the fraudsters in our jail house. Our action is to refund back money to foreigners who lost money to these thieves, we are paying back from the money we recovered. We can only pay you if your name is mentioned and show us prove of how much you lost. If this letter gets to you then you are mentioned, but if it's gets to you by mistake then you have to disregard it. If you have any one, family or friend who lost money to these fraudsters please tell he or she to write to this commission with proves and we will handle his or her case then pay back after verification. We are aware that these fraudsters have broken lots of homes, made a lot of people to lose their jobs, sell properties e.t.c Please you are to reach us in our email above for further clarifications on how you are to receive your lost funds. You are to forward your full particulars and recent telephone number and fax to our email above if you are a victim. So, Be Careful out there. We believe that those who lost their hard earned money should be made to get their money back through normal legal process. Please be advised. BEWARE OF FRAUD!!! Yours truly, MR.BELO ADAMS

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