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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)
  • "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.
  • lordchoosen_1979@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Morgan Jones <morganjones1717@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lordchoosen_1979@yahoo.ie>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:21:42 +0100
Subject: Treat as urgent



FROM THE DESK OF: Dr Morgan Jones
PAY MASTER GENERAL OF NIGERIA FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNIT EXECUTIVE OF DIRECTOR SPECIAL
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION AND DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE ZONE 11 FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
COMPLEX. LAGOS.
Attn: Beneficiary,
RE: PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES ON YOUR AWAITING FUND.
I am Dr Morgan Jones, Pay Master General of the Federation,Wish to inform you that we
have received authentic approval and instruction directly from the Presidency,
Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay you,your outstanding sum.
It has become considerably emergent that we have been directed to take this measure
due to the much embarrassment being caused to certain foreign beneficiaries and the
federal republic of Nigeria due to questionable circumstances with which some greedy
officials of the Bank's in Nigeria always request for up front payment from
contractors and beneficiries before their payment is released.
All approvals required for this payment has issued in your favour including the
original document and payment instructions already forwarded to my office on Tuesday
being 22th of june, 2007. to enable you receive your payment within 72hrs that you
reconfirm the required details.
However, I will ensure that your own payment is smooth, fast and
successful.Therefore, I want you to personally identify your prefered method of
payment from the list of three methods that we execute in this Office which are
mentioned below:
1. Telegraphic Transfer (TT) which wires Funds directly to your own bank account.
2. Electronic Payment via ATM Valu Scratch card which allows you to credit the Funds
into your account by connecting the P.I.N. Electronic Pay Voucher via your Digital
telephone.
3. Delivery of Funds in CASH as Diplomatic Consignment to your address in your
country.
You are expected to REPLY URGENTLY today and let us know your most prefered method of
payment to enable this Office proceed with the modalities of releasing the Funds in
your favour.
Our official obligations ensures that there shall be NO encumberances to your Funds
remittance hence, we expect your fast response today.Reply
to:lordchoosen_1979@yahoo.ie
Yours sincerely, Dr Morgan Jones Chiarman, Investigation and Debt Settlement Committee
_________________________________________________________________
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