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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • davidokon07@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mr=20David=20Okon?= <davidokon07@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: davidokon1@mailz.net
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:12:33 +0530 (IST)
Subject: FROM MR. DAVID OKON.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: davidokon07@yahoo.co.in

Goodday!


I am Mr. David Okon, the Head of Project and Implementations Department of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development. I wish to express my willingness to transfer an overdue contract sum of US$21,000,000.00 to your Company's Account or Personal Account, through the Central Bank of Nigeria resulting from debt of contract & services rendered to agricultural development project (ADP).


This money emanated from over invoicing in a contract awarded to a foreign firm, for supply and installation of Agricultural Equipments and Fertilizer to Agricultural Development Project (ADP) by the former minister of agriculture for his personal purse but unfortunately, he was unable to transfer this fund to his purse before the emergence of this present civilian administration.


I discovered this amount from the manifest recently and secured a payment authority to authenticate the transfer. Your Co-operation is highly required for this project, note that you will be entitled to share 20% of the fund, 70% for me and 10% has been mapped out for any incidental expenses incurred in the process of the transfer.


This Deal is 100% covered from any form of enquiry, the approvals obtained will be dispatch to you, informing you extensively the progress on the transfer. You are requested to send the following information urgently:


({i} Acceptance letter of this offer


{ii} Your company name and confidential telephone and fax numbers


(iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY.


We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$21,000,000.00 for your effort in this transaction, 70% for us partners here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer.


Please reply urgently as we expect that the transaction will not take more than five working days. And please note that this transaction must be top secret.


Your urgent reply is highly anticipated.


Best Regards,


Mr. David Okon.




- Mr David Okon

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