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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • cbn_register_creditcardpayment@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Dyson <frankdyson1@easymail.hu>
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:55:59 +0200
Subject: Scammed Victim Compensations Payments via ATM Card Payment.

CENTRAL BANK/UNITED NATIONS 2007
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTIVE.

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations And
Central bank of Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you
are listed and approved for this payments as one ofthe scammed victims,get back to
us 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 Nigeria as corressponding
paying bank under fundling assistance by the National westminster bank london.

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been paid ,half
of the victims are from the United States and Asia,we still have more 16 left to be
paid the compensations of $1Million 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 ATM CARD PAYMENT.
Furthermore you are advice to reconfirm you billing address include your full name
and direct contact telephone number to the Managing Director Swift Card Consultant
Payment Center for the issuance certified ATM Card, the contact information is as
follows:

MANAGING DIRECTOR SWIFT CARD
CONSULTANT PAYMENT CENTER.
Email: cbn_register_creditcardpayment@yahoo.fr
NAME: Rev Dr Patrick Azziza.

NB Please do not reply to this E-mail,contact the Managing Director Swift Card
Consultant Payment Center immediately with the necessary information required from
you so that they commence on proceeding.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Smith Milton

Anti-fraud resources:

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