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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:
  • "abuja" (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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348027151173 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Federal Government <payfgn18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <adviser234@yahoo.pl>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 01:07:13 +0100
Subject: FINAL APPROVED REMMITTANCE INSTRUCTION ON TRANSFER OF YOUR CONTRACT
PAYMENT






FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ASO ROCK VILLA ABUJA NIGERIA
SECURITY CODE FGN/OPA/02




FINAL APPROVED REMMITTANCE INSTRUCTION ON TRANSFER OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT

Following the New Presidential Order of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua New elected President of Federal Republic of Nigeria Mandate of 2007 over Foreign Payment and Debt, the Presidency has finally granted a final approval to your contract payment of US$25,500,000.00.
Meanwhile, your Local Representatives here in Nigeria have submitted your bank details to us where these funds is to be transferred from our federation Oil Trust Account . As a matter of urgency and appropriateness, do cross-check this submitted bank details of yours as forwarded by your Local Representative to ensure accuracy. The account is hereby stated below. Bank Name: Bank of AmericaAddress: 2495 E. Lake Shore Drive Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 (USA)
Account Number: 2461517424Routing Number: 121000358 Swift Code: BOFAUS3NWire Code: 026009593Phone Number: (951) 686-2590
To this effect, you are therefore mandated to confirm the above stated bank account before final remittance if it is your currect account information, During the event of your reconfirmation to me, we also advised that you should refer to the below fund release numbers. RELEASE CODE: = CBN/CBN/XXCY/WK3/008/03SEQUENCE NUMBER = NNCB/B12/0XX/03REFERENCE = CBN/0080/02/03TRANSACTION NUMBER = CBN/R0/00XX/03SWIFT NUMBER = CBN/FGN/NXXWFT/3203FOREX ALLOCATION NO:= FGN/CBN/360XYX/2003/XXZ We at the same time apologize for the continuous delay over the final approval of this payment. This was as a result of irregularities and gross mis-crediting of funds in the past by Government Agents . Moreover, we thank you very much for your kind endurance so far. You should desist from communicating with any office of any kind or person(s) for us to have smooth transfer as programmed. Thanks for working with Federal Republic of Nigeria. Expecting your prompt response/Call . Yours Faithfully
Presidential Adviser of Foreign Debts
Dr. Ahmed Yar’Adua
Tel: 234-802-7151173


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