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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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• 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.
  • +2348053447368 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "MINISTRY OF FINANCE" <m_of_mn@myway.com>
Reply-To: m_of_fng@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:14:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR.








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URGENT. ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR. I am Dr.Mrs.Nenadi Usman. the Hon Minister of Finance and I want to find out before the end of this month,why your contract/ claim of your part payment of $15.5 Million fund have not been credited to your account.However there are two gentlemen who came from your country to claim this fund on your behalf and the reason giving to us is that you are the one who send them that you are terminal sick and they provide account of union Bank of Swizterland for the payment to be made. Kindly reconfirm your banking particulars to us and to know if you are the one that send them, your telephone and fax numbers and your full name for us to check with the one in our file.Dr.Mrs.Nenadi Usman.www.fmf.gov.ngDIRECT LINE: 234-8053447368 or 234-1-4369759 FAX-234-1-7595466Ministry of Finance






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