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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:
  • "his direct line" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
  • "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.
  • bankerscourierservice07@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Janet Okoh" <atmcardcentre3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bankerscourierservice07@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:46:35 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD IS READY

FROM DESK OF : GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR.

ATTN: BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN,

DEAR Sir,

I am contacting you through e-mail due to the urgency on this matter.
However, in our response to instruction from the accountant general of the
federation to release and pay all foreign contract funds to their
beneficiaries from federation account, I the Assistant Governor Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN),on this day issued the release of your six hundred
thousand united state dollars (usd$6,000.00) inheritance fund by atm card.
This is because the federal government of Nigeria has directed that all
foreign payments at this time that involved huge sums of money should be
paid by atm card as measure to check terrorist account operation and to be
able to monitor every payment this time around. In line with this latext
development, your payment covering part payment of usd$6,000.00 contract sum
has been raised in your favour to be drawn from central bank of Nigeria
offshore account in America, Europe and Asia.

As a matter of urgency, you are hereby advised to contact Rev. Dr Kenneth
Amaru ,the Director of courier services for mailing of your atm card Contact
Rev. Dr Kenneth Amaru on his direct line 234-1-173478584 or because of
inherent communication problem in Nigeria on their email address:
bankerscourierservice07@yahoo.com forward the following informations to him
so that you your atm card can be sent to you as soon as possible:

MAILING ADDRESS
YOUR DIRECT MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
YOUR DIRECT FAX NUMBER
YOUR IDENTITY CARD NUMBER
EQUITY BANK ACCOUNT YES/NO

You can as well arrange for a physical collection of your draft from the
central bank of Nigeria here.
Be warned, you should avoid and prevent any thing that can cause unnecessary
delay, as this may be the last opportunity for you to receive your payment,
hence all your past efforts and contacts have failed you.

Congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,

Dr. mrs. Janet Okoh

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