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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:
  • "into your nominated bank 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)
• 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.
  • +2348022349400 (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.
  • profalimaman_interremittance1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Ali Tunde" <profalimaman_inter@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: profalimaman_interremittance1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:07:49 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT VERIFICATIONS

From The Desk: Of Prof Ali Mamman                       
Director General International Remittance /       
Foreign Operations.Tel :234-802-234-9400

Email:(profalimaman_interremittance1@yahoo.com)
Co Registration No: 62/00738/06

     

 

Date: 22/11/2006

 

Attention:

 

                          Your Inheritance Fund
 
This is to notify you that your inheritance fund valid US$10.500,000,00 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars only) has been gazzerted to be released into your nominated bank account details through telegraphic telex transfer (KTT) by the office of International Remittance Department / Foreign Department.
 
Meanwhile, a woman forwarded a letter of claims to our office few days ago,she stated that from now henceforth she is your legal representative in connection with your fund.below is her informations:
 
Name: Janet White
Bank Name: Citi Bank
Bank Address:Arizona, U.S.A.
Account Number: 6503809428.
 
We contacted you for your authorisation,are we to effect the payment of this fund into the account details provided by Mrs. White ?,please do reconfirm to our office as a matter of urgency if we are to effect the swift transfer.Because the Federal government will not be held respondsible for any wrong transfer.
 
If Mrs. janet White is not your representative,you are requested to reconfirm your nominated account details, valid house address and tel / fax no and where you want this fund transfered into,as soon as we recieve the details, your fund will be transfered to you with immediatel effect.

 

Be informed that we have been given a mandate of seven days by the federal Government to remmit this fund, For more information call: 234-8022-349-400.

We await your urgent responds to thismail:profalimaman_interremittance1@yahoo.com 
 

   

YOURS SINCERELY,

Prof Ali Mamman
International / Remittance
Foreign Operations.
 
Cc:International Monetary Fund {IMF}
Cc:United Nations Organisation {UN}
Cc:Board of Directors {FP23

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