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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "pf prf-pr" <pf-prf-pr@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: informationministry1@myway.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:10:19 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ URGENT RESPONDS FOR YOUR $1 MILLION COMPENSATION)

SCAMMED VICTIM/ URGENT RESPONDS FOR YOUR $1 MILLION COMPENSATION)
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1MILLION USD
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central bank of Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1
Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the
scammed victims,get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments
of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know that during the last UN
meetings held at
Abuja,Nigeria,it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the
meetings on the lose of funds by variouse foreigners to the scams artists
operating in syndicates all over the world today,in other to retain the
good image of the country,the president of the country is now paying 100
victims of this operators $1Million USD each,Due to the corrupt and
inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid by
Central bank of Nigeria as corressponding paying bank under fundling
assistance by the National westminster
bank london.

According to the number of applicants at hand,80 beneficiaries has been
paid ,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 20
left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each.Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as
one of thier victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever,the
US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information,please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both
options you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE
TRANSFERS,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear
from you.(Please in your return mail,include your telephone no)
When we have recieve your responds, we will kindly give you the contact
office of the Central Bank Apex, where you are going to Send a copy of your
request to enable them start processing your payment immedaitely.
Yours faithfully,
PROF:FRANK NWEKE

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