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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Rev Paschal Obieze. <obiezerev@walla.com>
Reply-To: revobieze@myway.com
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:14:39 +0100
Subject: BUSSINESS RELATIONSHIP!!!


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
Tel: 234-39198768.
E-mail:revobieze@walla.com
ATTN URGENT OPPORTUNITY.
Sir/Madam,

I am Rev.paschal obieze a senior staff with the central bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the nutshell I noticed two security proof boxes inside special computer section in the central bank and mrs stella obasanjo wife of our president who died recently her identification been tagged on it as the owner. In furtherance I asked the officer in charge of the section and got to know that according to information gathered from the bank, she want to lodge this money out before he died in surgry operation in spain recently,i want to send the money to you for our mutual benefits, i will send the two boxes, which it’s, contents are $10 Million U.S.A. Dollars to your designated Address Through A Diplomatic courrier services, your percentage will be 40 percent when the transaction is concluded effectively. You are required to write a promissory note on that regards and send it to me along with your private address where you want to receive the boxes. In addition, I will send the boxes to you through international courier service, which my diplomat friend disclosed to me as the best courier company. The courier company has diplomatic immunity to carry diplomatic cargoes. The company is not check by the customs anywhere in the world. The name is Noble international security courier service (NISCS).
I will meet them as soon as I have your go ahead order to send you the $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million U.S.A. Dollars) cash via courier service. The diplomat friend promised to help us secure the necessary papers required to avoid any problem. Now for security reasons do not disclose to anybody about this method of sending this money as she died recently and nobody knows about it until you receive cash at your doorstep, because it may cause a lot of eyebrows if it is discovered we use this method.Sequel to my saying I will send you the keys to open the boxes both the outer and inner security code lock through another courier company, this is to avoid tampering in any transit Airport. I wait your immediate response.please as soon as your receive this money, i need a letter of invitation to come your country for our sharing.

you will assist me to send make expenses of sending the boxes and the keys as we have not receive our salary and i want this transaction to be faster to avoid traces.
Yours faithfully,
Rev.paschal obieze
Director, Fact-finding & special duties office of (CBN)
Email:Revobieze@walla.com

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