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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348043321031 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: " adams mudaze" <adams_mudaze@wanadoo.es>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:58:04 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GOOD DAY


FROM ADAMS MUDAZE
INTER CONTINENTAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
TEL:234-8043321031
REPLY EMAIL;;adams_mudaze01@sifymail.com

ATTENTION:
SUBJECT: BUSINESS COLLABORATION SOLICITED.

DEAR,

I AM THE MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE OF THE FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
OF INTER CONTINENTAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

I AM WRITING FOLLOWING THE IMPRESSIVE INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR PROFILE
THROUGH MY SEARCH FOR A CAPABILITY AND RELIABILITY
PERSON TO CHAMPION THIS

OPPORTUNITY . IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE DISCOVERED AN
ABANDONED SUM OF $18.652
MILLION USD IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR
FOREIGN CUSTOMERS WHO

DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN OCT.1999 IN A
TRAGIC AIR CRASH WITH
EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990 WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
YOU CAN CONFIRM THIS
FROM THE WEBSITE BELOW FROM PUBLISHER BY
CNN.WEBSITEPUBLISHEDONCNN.
HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/US/9910/31/MISSING.PLANE.02/
SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE
BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT
OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE
CAN NOT RELEASE IT
UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR
RELATION TO THE DECEASED

AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING AND FINANCIAL POLICIES
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE
LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION
DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HIM
IN THE ACCIDENT LEAVING NO BODY BEHIND TO CLAIM THE
MONEY.

IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND TWO
OTHER OFFICIALS IN MY
DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS
PROPOSAL TO YOU AND RELEASE
THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO
THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY

AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING
FOR IT AND WE DON'T
WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURE AS
UNCLAIMED BILLS. THE
BANKING LAW AND GUIDE LINE HERE STIPULATES THAT IF
SUCH MONEY REMAINED
UNCLAIMED AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE
TRANSFERRED IN THE BANK
TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.

THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS
BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED
BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND AN
INDIGENE CANNOT STAND

AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED FAMILY. WE AGREED
THAT 20% OF THIS MONEY
WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO
THE PROVISION OF A
FOREIGN ACCOUNT, 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES
INCURRED DURING THIS
TRANSACTION AND 75 % WOULD BE FOR ME AND MY
COLLEAGUES.

IT IS THERE AFTER I AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL VISIT
YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES INDICATED.
THEREFORE TO ENABLE
THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS
ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY
FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE
DECEASED INDICATING
YOUR PRIVATE, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND
EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE
REMITTED.

UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY
FAX OR E-MAIL THE TEXT
OF THE APPLICATION. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR
NOTICE THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT
ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF
FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR
THE TRANSFER.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU
RECEIVE THIS LETTER. I
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU AS YOU HAVE PRODUCTS OF
INTEREST IN YOUR PART OF
THE WORLD WHERE WE CAN INVEST OUR OWN PERCENTAGE TO
AVOID PEOPLES
AWARENESS AS WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS.
WE CAN CONCLUDE THIS OPERATION WITH IN TEN BANKING
DAYS.
PLEASE KEEP THIS VERY CONFIDENTIAL. CONTACT ME FOR
MORE INFORMATION, ALL
CONFIRMABLE BEFORE YOU APPLY IF YOU WANT .
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.
BEST REGARDS,
ADAMS MUDAZE
INTER CONTINENTAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
WEST AFRICA.



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