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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million 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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2214661249 (Senegal, probably a 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.
  • revfcalvin@mail2calvin.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Fr Calvin Rogers" <revfcalvin@un.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: revfcalvin@mail2calvin.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:28:23 +0200
Subject: your pending payment

OFFICE OF REV.FR CALVIN ROGERS DIRECTOR,
SPECIAL DUTIES UNITED NATIONS, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, WORLD BANK
SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE DAKAR, SENEGAL. TEL: +221-4661249


Dear Sir/Madam.

I am Rev. Fr. Calvin Rogers, a senior staff with the World Bank Fact Finding & Special Duties Office. I and the Chief security officer (CSO) of charity organization have arranged with an officer in the computer section in person of Engineer Peter Cliff to bring out part payment with reference number (LM-05-371) amount of Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10 million).

A lot of people are interested in your payment and those people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you receive different kinds of untrue fax and phone messages from different people everyday. Also we found out that some of the officials of the parastatals have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you receive your money.

To effect transfer of the funds to your nominated account from the bank, you will send to us a promissory note for the donation of Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) to charity organization I designate.

I therefore solicit your honest co-operation to enable us see this enterprise to finality.

May the peace of the Lord be with you and your entire family, Amen.

Awaits your, Swift Response.

Yours Faithfully
Rev Fr Calvin Rogers
Director, Special Duties. UNO/WBF
Email:revfcalvin@mail2calvin.com
Tel: +221-4661249

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