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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "omono200" <omono200@terra.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:01:38 -0600
Subject: FOR YOUR INFORMATION



Hello My Dear

My name is Mr Omono Douglas this is to notify you that your over due inheritance fund has been gazzeted to be released to you through our London office by the senate committee for foreign over due fund transfer mean while a woman and a man came to my office few days a ago with a letter of claim to be your representative here are the information they present to me i want to know if they are for you here is the information bellow.

NAME MARILYN SANFORD
BANK NAME: CITY BANK
BANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA, USA.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 6503809428.

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this woman and a man is from you so that the Federal Government will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account name if Mr & Mrs MARILYN SANFORD is not your representative , you are requested to fill this form and of verification purpose so that your fund valid ($64 M) millions Dollars Sixty Five Millions
United State Dollars will be remmitt into your nominated Bank account. The information i need from is as follow.this fund is as a result of inheritance on your behalf.

1. YOUR NAME:.............
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS:.....
3. YOUR TELEPHONE ........
4. FAX....................
5. AGE....................
6. SEX:...................
7. YOUR OCCUPATION........
8. YOUR VALID ACCOUNT
9. DETAILS:...............

As soon as we recive this information from you we will commence with all nesseccry proceedures in other to remmit this fund into your account. The CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND THE EXCUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTOR AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITTANCE FUND HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE / FOREIGN OPERATIONS,To handle and transfer all foreign inheritance fund this second quarter payment of the year however, we shall proced to issue all payment details to the said Mr $ Mrs MARILYN SANFORD if we do not here from you withen the next fourteen days from today we are sorry for any incovinence and the delay of intransfering of tis fund must have cause you have a nicy day God bless you.

Yours Faithfully
Mr Omono Douglas,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CC: ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS
CC: SENATE PRESEDENT
CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]
CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA

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