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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348034301531 (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.
  • peter_azu888@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Azu" <peterazu_777@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peterazu01@myway.com
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:07:31 +0100
Subject: Ugent Greeting

Ugent Greeting
From the Desk of:
PETER AZU,
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
TEL: 234-803-430-1531
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.
my privet email address: peter_azu888@yahoo.ca

TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO

DEAR SIR,

RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING
UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT A
TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE
AND WORRIED.

BUT IAM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OFTHE
DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE
TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY
INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY. LET ME START BY
INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU. I AM MR.PETER AZU, A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH
THEUNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.

MARINA BRANCH OFFICE LAGOS.I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY PRIVATE
SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSACTION
AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE. THE PROPOSITION.AN AUSTRALIAN
NATIONAL,LATE ENGINEER BUTCH R. MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS DEATH THREE YEARS AGO IN A
GHASTY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE,BANKED WITH US HERE AT UNION
BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.

MARINA BRANCH LAGOS,AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF US$30.5M(THIRTY
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)WHICH THE BANK
UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN
TO THE
LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR
THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA
STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.

SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY UNIONBANK PLC.TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MIGUEL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT PROVEDTO NO
AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R. MIGUEL'S [NEXT-OF-KIN] HE HAD NO
KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR
HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OFDIRECTORS,(Retired)MAJOR-GENERAL KALU UKE KALU THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE
FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLARED UN-CLAIMABLE"
AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD
IN GENERAL.

IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY
TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. BUTCH R.MIGUEL, SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M
WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF
-KIN.ALL DOCUMENTSAND PROVES TOENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUNDWILL BE CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT AND MORESO AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF 100%
RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT.

YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES
FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY.
IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME
IMMEDIATELY THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR CO-OPERATION
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PETER AZU
( Senior Accountant)
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS.
my privet email address: peter_azu888@yahoo.ca

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