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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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • engineer_musa_danladi006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • engineer_musa_nlng@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?ENGINEER=20MUSA=20DANLADI?= <engineer_musa_danladi006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:34:56 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOODDAY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: engineer_musa_danladi006@yahoo.co.uk

OFFICE OF ENGR. MUSA DANLADI

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)

(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION)

PLOT 128 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE, LAGOS STATE-NIGERIA.

EMAIL ADDRESS:engineer_musa_nlng@myway.com

DEAR SIR,

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION. I AM ENGINEER MUSA DANLADI, A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $12,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAFE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORTHARCOURT.HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAFE KEEPING AND INVESTMENT.

PLEASE DO NOTE THAT ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS TRANSACTION IS YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY .HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:engineer_musa_nlng@myway.com

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

YOURS TRULY,

ENGR. MUSA DANLADI

(DIRECTOR GENERAL. NLNG)



- ENGINEER MUSA DANLADI

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