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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • drjoneswin@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jones.webpost@terra.es" <jones.webpost@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:36:58 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL






NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY
HEADQUARTERS
SHIP HOUSE MARINA-EAST
LAGOS, NIGERIA.

From the desk of:
DRJONES JONES
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

HELLO,
RE: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since is from
someone you do not know or have seen before, I am the director, fund
coordinator of the finance contract department of Nigeria ports
authority.

The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the
NPA deliberately over inflated the contract value of various contract
awarded, In the course of the disbursement, my office was able to
track down the sum of US$23.5M (Twenty-Three Million, Five Hundred
Thousand U.S Dollars) as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating
in the NPA domiciliary account with the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN).I and my colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe
nominated foreign account for possible investment. We are not allowed
as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because
of our status as civil/public servants hence the need to solicit for
your full banking details, to enable us transfer this money into your
account.

Upon your acceptance this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharing
ratio:
1.30% for you as the account owner
2.60% for my colleagues and I
3.10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally
and internationally during the cause of this transaction.
Furthermore we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as
regards to investment of our share, be informed that this business is
genuine and 100%safe considering the high powered government officials
involved.

Send the following information:
1.Your direct email address
2.Your phone number for effective communication
This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in
less than (7) working days. reply to (drjoneswin@ubbi.com)

I await your most positive response.

Yours faithfully
DRJONES JONES
DIRECTOR.





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