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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 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.
  • +2348088219788 (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.
  • plantinum_habibbankplc@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FRANK LINCENSE <rev_franklincense001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rev_franklincense004@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:47:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: COMPENSATION


Dearest

How have you been? I hope my email meets you in good
health.

I am much delighted and privileged to contact you
again, after this long time, it takes fate and courage
to remember old friends and at the same time, to show
gratitude to them despite circumstances that made
disrupted our transaction ultimately not working out
as we projected then.

The good news is that I'm happy to inform you about my
success in getting those funds transferred under the
cooperation of a Rotaract club, I take this liberty to
inform you that, the transaction we were pursuing
together, finally worked out and I am contacting you
to let you know the present situation.

I advise you not to accept any fax or a telephone call
that does not come from me.

Now, with a sincere heart, I have raised and signed an
International Cashier's Bank of $550,000 [five
Hundred and fifty Thousand US dollars] only in your
name as COMPENSATION for your dedication, humanity
and contribution, as it were.

I really appreciated your tremendous effort and
contribution to make things work out in retrospect.

Now you have to contact the paying bank,below is the
bank information

Name:Plantinum Habib Bank Plc
Email:plantinum_habibbankplc@yahoo.it
Phone:234-808-8219788

The bank is waiting to hear from you so that they can
transfer your money to the account number which you
will provide.

Do note that the International transfer has only
validity period of 21 banking days, therefore your
early response to this development will be
appreciated.

Rev Frank


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