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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:
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2289273183 (Togo, probably a 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.
  • niutac_investment@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rim slinco <rimslinco4@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:42:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ECOWAS CONTRACT SUPPLY OF T-SHIRTS AND TOWELS.


NIUTAC INVESTMENT CO, LTD.
16 RUE DU BELGIQUE
LOME-TOGO
WEST-AFRICA.
TEL/FAX: +228-9273183.
Email: niutac_investment@myway.com

Dear Sir,

Your good name and address have been recommended to us as an authorized
manufactures/exporters from your country. To introducing our selves to you, we are agent/consultants, wholesaler distributors, manufacturers representative importation general.

Presently we are actively engaged in sourcing of a supplier of ONE MILLION PCS OF T-SHIRTS AND TOWELS for an urgent contract supply to the Economic Community of West-Africa States(ECOWAS) prison services in Lome, Republic of TOGO and we have been in this line of business for many successful years satisfying our numerous customers and government with all their needs. Our recent expansion and desire to promote trade and industry in your country has afforded us the opportunity to contact your esteem company for an urgent contract supply of the T-SHIRTS and TOWELS to the ECOWAS prison services.

This is a very large contract supply order and the payment terms is 100% T/T in advance after signing the contract agreement between the ECOWAS Board and your company.
Please if you can supply us with large quantity of T-SHIRTS and TOWELS, do not hesitate to inform us by mail so that we can stop further negotiations with other foreign companies for an urgent supply on the same T-shirts and towels.

Looking forward hearing from you.


Best regards,

MR. NDUKA AKUDO
(PRESIDENT/CEO)
NIUTAC INVESTMENT CO, LTD.
16 RUE DU BELGIQUE
LOME-TOGO
WEST-AFRICA.
TEL/FAX: +228-9273183.
Email: niutac_investment@myway.com


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