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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mansur" <debtmangementnigeria@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:56:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT


Dear,Please know that the only way the CBN can release the fund to you is if you obtain a supreme court order with the seal of the justice minister.I want you to know that there are a lot of doubts in your payment claim so the only way the payment can be gurantteed to be remitted to you is for you to obtain the order.It is quite unfortunate that all the people you have been dealing with all these years has not been able to tell you the truth but myself i cannot fall under that catergory of people deceiving you.From the verifications carried out by my committee the contract existed but it was not your company that executed the job, i dont want to go into details.The only way you can be sure that this payment is released to you is for you to obtain the supreme court order and as soon as this is done this payment that has taken you over 2 years will be concluded within 72 hours and the fund transferd to you by any means of your choice(ktt,draft/check)The order from supreme
court will be issued to you with a mandate and it is the back bone of the officer who will remitt the fund to you so that in time to come the officer will not be charged for Economic Sabourtage.I advice that you contact the supreme court to know what is required to get the order with the seal of the justice minister.The contact address of the supreme court by email is (supreme_courtnigeria@yahoo.co.uk)ATTN:THE CHIEF REGISTRAR.I wait your information from the supreme court.There is nothing to worry about as all the years of agony,grief and pain in receiving your payment is over.Furthermore do reconfirm your receiving bank details to me to avoid transfering the fund into a wrong account."I therefore ask for 10% of the total sum from you as the fund is remitted to you" Kind Regards,MANSUR WILLIAMS EKEH

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