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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348035994583 (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.
  • tamunopeterside@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: TAMUNO PETERSIDE <OFFICIAL4@MYWAY.COM>
Reply-To: TAMUNOPETERSIDE@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:56:05 +0100
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT


EMAIL:tamunopeterside@hotmail.com
DATE: 20/02/2007
Phone:+2348035994583

ATTN:FOREIGN CONTRACTOR TO NIGERIA. (BENEFICIARY)

2006/2007 RECENT RESOLUTION / DEVELOPMENT ON NIGERIAN NON PAYMENT OF FOREIGN CONTRACTOR’S OVER- DUE CONTRACT FUNDS.

We write to confirm if you received the first part-payment of your outstanding contract funds with the Federal Government of Nigeria and to inform you of our readiness to transfer the second part-payment as we agreed you and a few of the other contractors whose payments received the irrevocable approval from the Presidency lately.

We recall that in our last communication to you, we did inform you that as soon as we conclude our arrangements, we would effect the transfer of the second Fifteen Million U.S.Dollars ($15m) into your account details as we have in our file which we did as promised in about one week now but have not heard from you.

Please, advise us urgently as we hope to effect the second part any time from now.
We await your immediate response.

Yours faithfully,
Dr.Tamuno Peterside
Director on contract(Foreign Operations)
Central Bank of Nigeria.

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