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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.
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • union_bankofnigeria@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: REV INNOCENT CLIFF <rev_innocentclif@yahoo.pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:18:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE:RE LUCKY WINNER


Dear In Christ.

Complements to the season Together with your health,i hope this mail finds you in perfect condition as i write Amen.

This Aword of the coca cola Lotto of the year which your Email and contact Appears to be one of the lucky winners in this Noble has been mandated for the Immediate Release of your winning funds via our online Banking Union Bank Of Nigeria.

And the email of the paying bank is as written Below union_bankofnigeria@yahoo.com,

Our Online Banking manager's Name is Dr Pascal Ogueri,we would have shifted your winning funds to your via our security Company, but the company in Question has been Domain for out of service Suspension for long now.So that is the Reason why payment has been Occurs via Union bank Of Nigeria,

You are hereby Urged to contact this bank manager on the Address Given to you Above,

Take Note:you are also to pay for the E-Release of your winning funds to the Bank for them to make an Immediate wire Transfer of your winning funds.

Fairlure to proclaimed fast before the Date of 15th After lotto executives Approved for payment,you will be Banned from claiming of your funds.and this money will be put in pending unit for the Next Year Score Attendance s.b.t

we are hereby to simpathise with you for your long Experience which you indicated that you have onced be in this kind of luck winning and you have never Received your funds till Today.sorry for this mr Becken,and we are also to let you know that our company act in Respect and ordersities that Abid on this company.

You are Adviced to get intouch with us as soon as you have claimed your funds from the union bank of Nigeria.

Thanks And Good Lucks Ahead
Rev Innocent Clif





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