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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 u.s 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)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • +2348082688803 (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.
  • desugo65@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "th66dr2" <th66dr2@laposte.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:25:23 +0100
Subject: PLS CONSIDER AS EXTREMELY URGENT.


>From the Desk of Mr. Desmond Ugo
Federal Ministry of Finance
103 Walter Carrington Roads,
Lagos-Nigeria.
Tel: 234-808-268-8803
E-mail: desugo65@myway.com

Dear,

My name is Mr. Desmond Ugo, I work with the Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria, and I have seen that several times people tried to divert your funds into their own personal account I mean those you call your partner in Nigeria and London.

Now I write to you in respect of the amount which I have been able to send to you through the Federal Government Diplomat who has arrived in London, now I want you to know that the diplomat would deliver the funds which I have package as a diplomatic compensation to you and the amount in the consignment is US$7,500,000.00 (Seven Million, Five hundred Thousand U.S Dollars Only).

To this end, I did not disclose the content to the diplomat that the box contain money but I told him that it is your compensation from the Government House here in Nigeria and from our affiliate in London, I want you to know that this funds would help your financial status as I have seen in record in London and here in Nigeria that you have spent a lot trying to receive these funds. I am not demanding so much from you but just for the money to be shared between us 50/50. Even if you are not a contractor with Federal Government of Nigeria we can still execute this transaction together and share the money equal.

I want you to give me a call immediately you receive this message for more discussion, and also do send your full delivery address and telephone, fax numbers, so that the diplomat who has arrived London for the past two days and have been waiting to get your information can proceed with the delivery plan to your destination.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Desmond Ugo
Federal Ministry of Finance
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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