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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:
  • "this mail will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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: "Ama jo" <ajfmh2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jm2006@cicciociccio.com
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 07:21:00 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST!

Greetings to you and your entire family!

My name is John Amaka coordinator for the building and maintenance of all
Public Hospitals in all the states of the federation. I know that this
mail will come to you as a surprise because we have never met before now.
However i choose to reach you via e-mail message because it remains the
fastest and more secured way for communication.

The federal ministry of health and the hospital management board awarded
for the building and maintenance of all public hospitals in the federation
to a foreign firm in the year 2004. This contract has been fully executed
and commissioned full payments have been made to the contractors who
executed this contract.

We were able to over invoice this contract amount to $5.5million. This
$5.5m is what we want to transfer abroad with your co-operation and
understanding and your share will be ONLY us$1.5million while us$4million
will be shared by we the committee members. All modalities towards the
transfer of these fund $5.5m is now in place, we await any account of your
choice where you want it remitted.

If you find this proposal interesting to you, you can go ahead and reply
me as a matter of urgency with a contact phone number. Please keep this
matter very confidential to yourself.

Cheers and God bless.

Yours truly.



Dr (Prof) John Amaka
Hospital Management Board
Federal Ministry of Health
P.m.b 56723
Abuja

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