419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "rev.mathew@blumail.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "REV MATHEW BROOKS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.mathew@blumail.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:24:45 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?B?U3BhbTogSU1NRURJQVRFIENPTlRSQUNUIFBBWU1FTlQv?=
=?utf-8?B?SU5IRVJJVEFOQ0UgRlVORCBBVi9OTlBDL0ZHTi9NSU4vMDEw?=

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the American Government,the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Nigeria (Dr Goodluck Jonathan) had instructed me Rev Mthew Brooks.

Credit Controller (CBN) of Nigeria that all outstanding foreign debts especially Contract/Inheritance fund payment should be released to the beneficiaries before the end of this First quarter unconditionally

After going through our files and find out that you have completed your contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Co-operation (NNPC) and considered okay by the contract award committee of the Senate of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria with the following information’s:

HERE ARE THE INFORMATIONS SHE PRESENT TO ME FOR YOUR TRANSFER:

ACCOUNT NAME: JANET DURA

BANK NAME: CITI BANK,NEW YORK.

BANK ADDRESS: BROOKLYN NEW YORK ,USA.

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809428.

YOURS SINCERELY,

REV MATHEW BROOKS

rev.mathew@blumail.org

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