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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:
  • "executive governor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +2348063017874 (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.
  • pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: charles soludo soludo <pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:52:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND IMPORTANT


Executive Governor,
Central Bank Of Nigeria.
PROFESSOR CHARLES.SOLOUDO

ATTENTION:JUSTIN THYME,

I HAVE JUST DICOVERED THAT MY OPERAMAIL.COM EMAIL ACCOUNT THAT I JUST SENT YOU MAIL THIS MORNING HAS BEEN BLOCKED.THIS IS PART OF THE SECURITY REASONS I TOLD YOU THAT I WILL HENCEFORTH CALL.

HOWEVER,THIS IS MY NEW PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com to ALWAYS REACH ME AND PLEASE DONT EVER CALL MY FORMER NUMBER AGAIN OR SEND MAILS TO ANY OF MY FORMER EMAIL ACCOUNTS,BUT ONLY ON THIS VERY NEW AND PIVATE EMAIL:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com

PLEASE DO RECONFIRM THE FULL DETAILS OF YOUR PAYMENT SLIP TO ME ON THIS NEW AND PRIVATE EMAL:pchssoludo_cbn@yahoo.com.

HERE IS MY NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:234-8063017874

I EXPEXT YOUR URGENT AND POSETIVE REPLY,

BEST REGARDS,

Professor Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor,Central Bank Of Nigeria.



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