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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:
  • "abuja" (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.
  • +2348034184625 (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.
  • frankibe119@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "frank ibe" <mr_frankibe1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankibe@myway.com
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:13:16 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.
SUBJECT: TWENTY MILLION (US$20,000,000.00) DOLLARS TRANSFER

EMAIL: frankibe119@hotmail.com

Telephone:+234-8034-1846-25

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO
GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION


I AM FRANK IBE A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG).

I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $20,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT
MONEYTO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP ANDINVESTMENT.

THE ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT ATBONNY - PORT HARCOURT.

HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN
BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS
WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT .

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR
TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI
MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN MRS.KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE
NUMBER:81-9085437498.WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK
ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT
REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE.

HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY
IS OF HIGH DEMAND.HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS: frankibe@myway. com

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAILADDRESS, FAX
NUMBER,PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.
THANKS.YOURS TRULY,

FRANK IBE

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