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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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Fraud email example:

From: "ACH Payments National Clearing House Association" <payments@ach-nacha.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:31:16 +0000
Subject: (Delivery Notification Statue) RE: $7.300.000/- PAYMENT/Certificate No.
C9610098

Nyle Gordon Bloodworth
3530 Strong Street
Riverside, CA 92501

Sir:

RE: $7.300.000/- PAYMENT/Certificate No. C9610098

Delay response is as result of delayed response from the paying bank.

The bank upon discussing your time extention sait its Sequense MT
Field 54a (RT) does not allow we, ACH System to retain the sum more
than four days as this is illegal in banking.

Sequence the applicability, you should endeavor to wire the funds
Western Union only latest Thursday July 21, 2005 not exceeding 09:00AM
(EST).

The ACH is liable to transmit the credit transfer to the designated final
account not exceeding 1:30PM on the above date and a minute late is
hitherto returning the funds to the originator's issuing bank account;
hence your full compliance and endeavors are advised.

Send the western union money transfer of aforesaid amount to:


Onyekachi Temple Ukonu
EFT Payments Clearing Office
Security Exchange Commission
SEC Building, # 1, SEC Close
Victoria Island,
LOS 01, Lagos,
Nigeria.

Question : FXTTCC

Answer : ACHNACHA


Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Regards,

Dixon Gregory
Operations





National Automated Clearing House (NACHA)
The Electronic Payments Association
ACH Payments Services Processor
www.nacha.org



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