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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.
• 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.
  • +2348050772752 (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.
  • johnuche20002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SENATOR KEN NNAMANI <info_senate2000@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:52:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: SENATE APPROVAL


Office of the Senate President
National Assembly,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Attn: Beneficiary of Overdue Funds,



This is to notify you that the Federal Government of Nigeria has made Special Arrangement for the Final and Immediate Payment of your Overdue Contract Funds into your Designated Bank Account accordingly.
Under this new arrangement, the Federal Government of Nigeria shall pay and transfer y! our Overdue Contract Funds to you via our Specialized Bank in London: THE CITIBANK OF LONDON. This arrangement is made because of the large amount of money you have paid in the past without receiving your Overdue Contract Funds in your Designated Bank Account. With this new arrangement which is approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria via the incumbent President of Nigeria: His Excellency: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, you shall receive your Overdue receive your Overdue Contract Funds immediately you follow the instructions of The DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT ,FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
Our Approved Offshore bank is The CITIBANK OF LONDON and this is the only bank which is now Mandated and Approved to pay and transfer your Overdue Contract Funds into your Designated Bank Account immediately. I hereby give you the detailed contacts of The DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT in the federal ministry of Finance below:
NAME OF OFFICER : DR JOHN IBE UCHE
POSITION! : DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,LAGOS,NIGERIA
Direct Telephone:234-8050772752
EMAIL:johnuche20002@yahoo.co.uk
You are hereby directed urgently to contact Dr. DR JOHN IBE UCHE immediately you receive this email for the immediate transfer of your Overdue Contract Funds into your Designated Bank Account. Contact DR JOHN IBE UCHE on email: johnuche20002@yahoo.co.uk and telephone: 234-8050772752 immediately and send him your Bank Account Details where you want him to transfer your Overdue Contract Funds to you immediately. Remember to tell him the amount of your Contract Funds to avoid shortage in the transfer accordingly.
Let me hear from you immediately you receive this email. Also update me by a return email immediately you contact DR JOHN IBE UCHE so that I will know accordingly.
I am waiting to hear from you immediately you receive this email.
Yours Sincerelly,

Senator. Ken Nnamani.
The Senate President



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