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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +2348034714809 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • officeofthe_presidencyabuja01@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mohammed_bu01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Office=20of=20the=20Presidency?= <officeofthe_presidencyabuja01@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: office_presidencyabj@myway.com
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTN BENEFICIARY,


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: officeofthe_presidencyabuja01@yahoo.co.in





OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

ASO-ROCK VILLA, ABUJA (F.C.T.)




From: The Desk of Chief Ufort Ekeatte April.26th, 2006.




Secretary to the federal Government

Of Nigeria.


ATTN: Beneficiary,


Sir,


: NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT

Following the long issue of resolving whether you authorized the change of your account particulars as claimed by the Taiwan businessman Mr. Chen Woo Ming, which you are aware of, and in collaboration of some person here in Nigeria who claim to be your local representatives which had delayed the approval and release of your contract payment due to investigation by the verification department of this ministry. I the honorable personal assistant on foreign debt Chief Ufort Ekeatte wish to inform you that today your contract file have been cleared of this doubt and subsequently approved for immediate and direct transfer of your contract payment into your account via our federal government reserve account. You are therefore as a matter of urgency mandated to contact the paying bank office accountant


MR; Mohammed Buba

TEL: 234-803-4714809

Email: mohammed_bu01@yahoo.co.uk


With your full contract and bank details for quick and easy identification of your file to enable him finalize the transfer procedure as I will be monitoring the progress. Be inform that all the charges and taxes must be deducted from your payment, so insist on the deduction procedure. Finally, we are aware of what you passed through in the hands of some fraudulent people both here in Nigeria and abroad as testify by foreign contractor but we are assuring you that as long as you make this move now you must receive your payment in the next four {4} working days.





Yours Faithfully,








Chief Ufort Ekeatte

Secretary to the

Federal Government

Of Nigeria.



- Office of the Presidency

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