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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 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.
  • +2348055819205 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • gm_adimson_conti@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gm_continentalbnknigltd@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alex McFord <alexmcford@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:44:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact our paying bank


Dear Natraj Tanushrili,

we acknowledged the receipt of your email indicating your winning numbers. To file for your claim, please, you have to carefully fill the CLAIMANT FORM below the line and send it to our paying bank immediately to acknowledge your winning. Please, make sure you give them your maximum cooperation to make sure you recieve your winning funds successfully.

Below is the contact information of our paying bank.

BANK NAME: CONTINENTAL BANK NIG. LTD.
PAYING OFFICER: MR. ADIMSON JIBUNOH.
TEL No.: +234-1-403-9142 OR +234-805-581-9205
EMAILS: gm_adimson_conti@financier.com
gm_continentalbnknigltd@yahoo.co.uk

Please be aware that our Paying Bank will Effect Payment Swiftly upon recieving your CLAIMANT FORM from you for confirmation. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th August, 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be canceled and be included in the next stake. Please send your CLAIMANT FORM to the two email address of the paying officer for been sure that he recieved your email.

Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondences with your paying officer.

REF Number: LPR/LP0439092/9E42
Coupon number: LPO/953122315/Q3E52

Congratulations once again from all our staffs and may also call the paying officer on phone to remind him that you send an email to him.

Kind Regards

Alex McFord
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CONTINENTAL BANK NIG. LTD
Attn: Mr. Adimson Jibunoh (Paying Officer),
TEL No.: +234 - 1- 403-9142 OR +234-803-440-6332
Emails: gm_adimson_conti@financier.com
gm_continentalbnknigltd@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir,

RE: THE EMAIL LOTTO OF THE INTERNATIONAL WEB SUBSCRIBER.

I am responding to your bank as the paying bank for the above stated lottery which I am a winner in. Please find below my Claimant Form details to help you facilitate the release of my winning funds. Please, treat as very urgent and do not hesitate to get back to me with your requirements.

CLAIMANT FORM

1. Total prize value of claim (Amount won):
2. Claimant Full Name:
3. Claimant Full Address:
4. Sex:
5. Date of Birth:
6. Your Country:
7. Occupation:
8. Your Ref No.:-
9. Telephone Number:
10. E-mail address that won:

Under penalty of law, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the name, address and other information entered above correctly identify the recipient of this payment; no other living person or entity is entitled to any part of this payment; I understand it is a violation of law for any person to intentionally or knowingly filling for double claiming or aid another person in claiming the same prize, by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, or to intentionally or knowingly alter or forge a ticket number.

I am looking forward for your ever anticipated co-operation.

Respectfully yours,
..................
(Your full name)


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