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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:
  • "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)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MR TIMI ALAIBE" <timialaibe11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrtimi.alaibe@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:18:19 -0500
Subject: AM CONFIDING IN YOU

From, Mr Timi Alaibe
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Delta State - Nigeria.

Sir/Madam ,

My name is Mr Timi Alaibe, board of directors Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC).
Me and my other other colleagues are in look for a foreign partner with
whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Twenty Two Million United
States Dollars($22.M).
This money is accrued to us as commission for oil sales contracts handled
under our supervision with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The fund is presently waiting to be transferred by our offshore fund
managers to the beneficiary submitted to us as our international partner if
you are interested to work with us for the funds to get transfer into your
account.
Do get back to me with your contact information/your contact telephone
numbers for advance talk via the phone.
This is real and confidential, I will give you the full update of the
transaction immediately I hear back from you due to the urgency for the
transfer to take place within the period of some weeks.

Regards,
Mr Timi Alaibe.

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