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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2348089703114 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • jimchubaa@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jim Chuba <jim1.jim@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jimchubaa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:37:01 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT WITH GOOD FAITH



FROM MR JIM CHUBA
DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT
FOREIGN CONTRACTORS ALLOWANCE PAYMENT
TEL /FAX : +234 8089703114
MOTTO: PAYMENT WITH GOOD FAITH
E-mail : jimchubaa@hotmail.com


ATTN BENEFICIARY,


THERE ARE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO CAME TO OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CONTRACTORS ALLOWANCE PAYMENT.

ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR ACCOUNTING INFORMATIONS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR ALLOWANCE PAYMENT OF $3.5,MILLION DOLLARS TO BE TRANSFERED, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO INFORM YOU BEFORE WE GO AHEAD TO MAKE THIS TRANSFER BECAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT WAS JUST SET UP NEWLY FOR THE PAYMENT OF FOREIGN CONTRACTORS ALLOWANCE AND WE WILL BE CLOSING WITHIN 4 DAYS, SO WE REALLY WANT TO FINALIZE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE 4 WORKING DAYS OF THIS ALLOWANCE PAYMENT

PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US FASTER TODAY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR JIM CHUBA.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam