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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:
  • "transfer into your 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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • onyeka_philips@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: onyeka philips <onyekaphilips002@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: onyeka_philips@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:27:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Message Reply


ONYEKA PHILIPS
....................................
Nigeria LNG Limited,
C & C Towers, Plot 1684 Sanusi Fafunwa Street,
Victoria Island, P.M.B. 12774 (Marina),
Lagos, Nigeria
ATTN:
RE: TRANSFER OF US$28,500,000,00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO SAFE ACCOUNT.
I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my Capacity as a Chief Accountantand in full! agreement With theAuditor-General of this Company (Nigeria Liquidfied Natural Gas).
We scrutinized all records and the accounts of Awarded and executed contracts of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, since The inception ofdemocracy in Nigeriaand carefully Uncover and mapped out a whopping sum US$28.5M which We want totransfer into your account as the Beneficiary. It might interest you to knowthat Beginningof this current civilian government at a Working assets capitalof US$3billion and will Definitely gulp more USD2billion on the completion ofthefifty part.
You can authentically apply for supply if it interest you to be our client withfull guarantee from me. The money $28.5M has been approvedfor payment by thiscompany NLNG, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the AccountantGeneral of the Federation) and to be paid by the Apex Bank of Nigeria undercontract number, G/FGN/FMF/CBN/B! 2517/99. As top civil ! servants, we are notauthorizedto operate foreig n bank accounts hence our decision to use youraccount in full trust and confidence to transfer this money outside Nigeria. Wehave accepted you as our foreign partner sum(US$28.5M ((TWENTY EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).
Moreover, it is pertinent to note that it is not risky and does not requiremuch engagement since we have taken care of the deal in full capacity. We haveresolved to give you 30% of the total for your assistance. If you are interested inthis deal, please, contact me through for morelively information. Remember to give me your phone line and fax through which Ican send you the approved documents for your perusal. I am anxiously waitingfor your resp! onse with hope that you will understand the confidential natureof this
transaction.
Best regards,
MR Onyeka Philips
onyeka_philips@yahoo.com


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