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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:
  • "dear friend" (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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • pius1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prince Obaseki" <pg_obaseki@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:25:16 +0100
Subject: I Decided To Reach You Directly..

Dear Friend,
I am Prince Gius Obaseki of Contract Award and Verification Panel setup by
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I got your contact from
the Nigeria Chmmbers of Commerce And Industries,and after thorough enquiries
and deliberations I and my colleagues decided to contact you for a very
confidential business transaction of mutual benefit.

During our verification exercise, we came across a contract sum with
(Contract No: NNPC/PED/4700-KWD-95).This contract was awarded in July,1995
and completed in
August, 1998, and the original contractor named Johnson Adams Creek died in
an Auto crash immediately after the final execution of the contract leaving
the contract sum of US$15.5m(Fifteen Million,Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)We have made efforts to locate the relatives of this
contractor to no avail,and this amount have been left floating in our
account with the Central Bank of Nigeria,until our recent discovery.

My colleagues and I have decided to seek for the assistance of a reliable
foreign partner into whose account the fund will be transferred into for our
own use.If this proposal is acceptable to you, a Deed of Transfer of the
above contract will be obtained on your behalf, to empower you as the legal
beneficiary of the contract and the sum to be transferred. All necessary and
relevant documents will be procured for the release and transfer of the fund
into your nominated account. An application for foreign exchange allocation
will be made on your behalf from my office to the federal ministry of
finance (FMF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) for the subsequent
release and transfer of the fund into your nominated account.

Be informed that we are working in collaboration with top officials of the
federal ministry of finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)who will
assist us in the transfer of the fund. With your cooperation the success of
this transaction is guaranteed.We have agreed to compensate you with 25% of
the total sum and 70% will be for me and my colleagues here,while the
remaining 5% have been mapped-out for miscellaneous expenses that might be
incurred by both parties during the course of this transaction.All things
being equal,this transaction will be concluded within 14 working days upon
the day of receipt of your response.You are required to send us your
nominated bank account details and your direct telephone and fax numbers.

Please treat this transaction with top priority and remember to keep it as
confidential as possible.

As soon as we receive your response, more details about how to proceed will
be given to you. We await your prompt response.Please reply on:

Best Regards,
Prince Obaseki
Chairman,Contract Award & Verification Panel

Please Reply To My Private mail Box: pius1@myway.com

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