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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:

• 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.
  • +447024063945 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • transpaymentcentre@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "TRANSINTERNATIONALCENTRE LONDON" <transdept33@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:21:47 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FROM LONDON

YOUR PAYMENT FROM LONDON

For The Kind Attention Of :Friend,
This is to notify you about the statue of your fund right now in our desk.

After due vetting and evaluation of your contract file which The Ministry Of
Finance Of Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and contracted us to see to
your immediate payment.

>From our findings you have been going through hard ways by paying alot of
charges to see to release of your fund which has been delayed.

Stop further communication with any corrospondence from Nigeria.

You have not to pay any charges to recieve your contract fund anymore as you
have meet up with the whole requirements , your representatives in Nigeria
will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk.

The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident Clearance
Form/Reciept which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here in United
Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us for handling/processing of
your payment with other contractors.

We will help you to see that you obatin the form so that our sister company
TRANSINTERNATIONAL BANK PLC LONDON will effect immediate payment of your
contract sum.

Will you follow up our directives your fund will reflect in your account
with five working days from the day you obtain this form.

Do not go through anybody again but through this Group if you really want
your fund.

Direct all message to our alternative email address:

transpaymentcentre@myway.com


You can call us for more briefying.

Contact number below:

+ 44 702 406 3945 + 44 704 40110372

Congratulation in advance.


Regards,

Dr.Thomas Hills.





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