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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348067008650 (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.
  • jeffbrown_desk001@yahoo.com
  • drshola@tlen.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?JEFF=20BROWN?= <jeffbrown_desk001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: drshola@tlen.pl
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:47:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: jeffbrown_desk001@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF:REV.DR.JEFF BROWN.

THE DIRECTOR: FOREIGN CREDIT CONTROL UNIT

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA {CBN}

TINUBU SQUARE, P.M.B.12194, LAGOS NIGERIA.

TEL: 234-806-700-8650

REPLY VIA drshola@tlen.pl

SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM

ATTENTION: HONOURABLE BENEFICIARY.

Going by series of petition received from International Body on the way your inheritance fund was handled by our local bank.

After Extentive close door meeting with Board of Directors and other Stake

holders in the Government, Subcommittees of the House Of Assembly and the House of Representative, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your inheritance Fund would be released on a special method of payment, which tag Name Reads SWIFT CREDIT CARD.

This method of payment is designed by the Government to avert fraud

perpetration or stoppage of fund by Some Agencies.Either Through Anti Terrorist Certificate or other certificates.This Swift Credit Card would be issued to you upon meeting with the Bank Requirement.

This office, has Been Mandated to take charge of the Issuance of the SWIFT CREDIT CARD.

In view of this, all our local Bank offices, agents/representative offices has been advised accordingly to submit their inheritance records to this office for proper investigation. This was as a result of unnecessary use of office bureaucratic processes by your so-called representative bank there by delaying you from receiving your inheritance fund as at when due.

As a matter of fact, this office will not entertain your further dealings with any third party to avoid duplication of effort on your payment process in other to serve you better otherwise your payment will be cancelled. We are out to correct the wrong done in the past by your local representative bank but all we want from you is your utmost co-operation and kind understanding by adhering to this lay down instruction.

And that your inheritance payment file should be passed to my desk for clarification. Upon Certification that your file is ok. This Office would

Direct you on how to receive your inheritance fund via SWIFT CREDIT CARD.The SWIFT CREDIT CARD would be

delivered to you via Diplomatic Courier company known as banker's courier Service.In the light of this aforementioned, You are required to furnish this office with the following information.

Your full Name.

Contact Address.

Madian Name.

Your Next of Kin Name and your date of Birth.

Your telephone and fax numbers.

This Informations would be used in opening of a Non- Residenthere account in apex bank here.It is from here that the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) would be used in issuance of The SWIFT CREDITS CARD in your favour with the Credit card Number and all your information inserted into the card. Upon completion of this issuance of the Credit Card,It would be send to you via Diplomatic Courier company known as banker's courier Service to your residential Address.

Urgently furnish this office with your Contact informations in order to re-confirm if it's in line with the one contained in our payment data.

Be informed that your fund has been called back and it's now in a suspence Account here in Our Bank.

A new Account has to be opened in your Name in this Bank here Before The Swift Credit Card can be issued with your personal information.

Waiting for an urgent response through this e-mail address: drshola@tlen.pl

Yours Faithfully,

Rev.(Dr) Jeff Brown.

(Director, Foreign Credit Control Unit)




- JEFF BROWN

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