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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:
  • "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +2347026908307
• 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.
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:39:05 GMT
Subject: SOLE BENEFICIARY

CUSTOMER CARE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
V/ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
TEL:  +234-702-6908307
Our Ref: CBN/FMF/IMF/BR/102/0005B/08

ATTN:SOLE BENEFICIARY ,

With regards to your fund deposited in our bank , we wish to inform you that instructions was passed to our bank to effect onward payment to you through our ATM Card payment system.

Your partner has paid the processing and delivery charges of your ATM CARD but didn't provide the affidavit of claim on your behalf. He told us that you will send the money to us as soon as you contacted us. we have informed our attorney about this so we are right now waiting for you to send the amount of $210 dollars today so that we can proceed and  we will send your card to your residential house address. I must tell you that your draft was processed to ATM MASTER CARD, So there's no how we can deduct any fees from it. Send the money to our attorney with this informations.

Bellow is the information you need to send the fee.

Receivers name / Patrick Michael

City/ Lagos

Country/Nigeria

Amount / $210

Text Question / What for?

Answer / Card.

Mtcn Number................

Senders Name........................

Send the money via western union money transfer or money gramm transfer and forward the payment informations to us for easier pick up. We will forward the affidavit of claim certificate for your perusal purpose and  of your package as soon as we got everything done.

Thanks and we remain the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA Customer care promising to serve you better.

Best Regards

Mr Tunde M.O.A.Lemo
CUSTOMER CARE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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