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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:
  • "ho cambiato indirizzo!" (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 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.
  • +447031845833 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • denisokeke007@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentwbl@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: Denis Okeke <denisokeke007@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: dencomedicalclinic@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 07:46:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PAYMENT ADVISE


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: denisokeke007@yahoo.it

UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION

DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY SERVICES

APPROPRIATE QUARTERS

06TH JUNE 2006


Good day dear,


Following the outcome of the meeting held recently with the World Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria on the issue of foreign inheritance payment consensus was reached and attention given to the report reaching us about the activities of some officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria who are in the habit of diverting contractors/inheritance payment and frustrating them by imposing unnecessary charges on them making it difficult for them to receive their payments. The entire allegation leveled against CBN consequently compelled us to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria paying contractor’s payment.


This development has been reported to MR. PRESIDENT, CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO who is not happy with such actions as they were meant to tarnish the image of the beloved country. He has therefore given instruction that all foreign contractors/inheritance should henceforth stop going through the CBN officials or any other bank here in Nigeria to pursue their contract claim.


Any contractor/inheritance going through the CBN or any other bank in Nigeria is doing that at his or her own peril or palaver, please take note.


The United Nations Organization body after an in-depth and pains taking study of your financial and psychological predicament in receiving your fund in the last few years, hereby this year 2006 resolved that immediate and unconditional payment release be effected to you via the World Bank (world Bank Committee On Foreign Contractors Payment). This decision is based on memorandum of understanding signed with the above mentioned Committee and us in our capacity as professional have mandated and empowered the Committee to solely handle all foreign contractual payment and other external debt services exercise as a trusted corporation.


As a matter of urgency and appropriateness, you are hereby advised to reconfirm your banking details in your contact to the World Bank of London for them to cross check this submitted bank details of yours as forwarded to them to Ensure accuracy.


To this effect, you are therefore mandated to contact the Director foreign payment transfer department of World Bank PLC in the United Kingdom Dr. Franklin Ford immediately for release of your contract payment on their , Email: agentwbl@sify.com ,Tel:+447031845833 during the event of your contact to him, we also advised that you should refer him to the below release numbers.


RELEASE CODE=WBL/CFGN/XX7Y/WK3/208/00REFERENCE=WBL/3480/02/06.


We urge you to co-operate with them in order to ensure a quick and final settlement of your long time overdue contract/inheritance proceeds.




We are reliably inform that a group of hudlums and imposter's has being sending you emails and also sending you so called FINAL RELEASE DOCUMENT OF YOUR PAYMENT,we here by advise you to STOP ANY FURTHER CONTACT WITH THEM,AS YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN RISK.



Thanks.


DR. DENIS OKEKE

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY SERVICES



- Denis Okeke

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