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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:
  • "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.
  • unionbank_smith_plc@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: KOLOMA ALIYU <k_cbn_nig@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: unionbank_smith_plc@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 15:11:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT



Dr.Koloma Aliyu
From Dr Koloma Aliyu
Remittance Director,
CentralBank Of Nigeria.


Attn; H o.Beneficiary

You may not remember,but we are not all that forgetful and the records we have with us also helps us to remember.We are very much pleased to inform you about your fund with central bank of Nigeria.
meanwhile,we didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to get your fund despite that it failed somehow due to the intrusion of some corrupt officials in the CBN.
I'm sorry for this late information,it primarily due tounavoidable reasons as we did not find it easy to make sure that your fund gets to your account.
Now contact privately,the director of international remittance of Union Bank,his name is Mr Adams Smith,bank email address; unionbank_smith_plc@yahoo.com ,phone number234-805-735-6292, ask him to transfer you the total sum of $900,000,(Nine hundred thousand US Dorllas) which the fedral government of Nigeria is compensation every of the beneficiary that did not get his or her fund transferd to him.

We are very sorry for the delay,so feel free and get in touch with him on how to transfer theamount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so thatwe will have proper record of the people that have recieved thier compensation fees.
Finally you should inform me if Union Bank is proving heady to release the sum to you immidiately.
Yours faithfully,

Dr.Koloma Aliyu.



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