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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:
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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 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.
  • +2348022723216 (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.
  • intloperation_creditdept_cbn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frederick Adams <adamsfred01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:24:42 -0600
Subject: UNITED NATIONS AND ECOWAS /CENTRAL BANK 2007 COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
TO SCAMMED VICTIMS.



UNITED NATIONS AND ECOWAS /CENTRAL BANK 2007 COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS TO SCAMMED VICTIM.ATTN:BENEFICIARY,REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $1.7 MILLION USDThis is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the Ecowas to Central bank Nigeria to pay 400 Nigerian 419 scam victims a Compensation Payment of USD$1.7 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, Respond immediately as directed for the immediate payments of the USD$1.7 Million compensations funds to you.This recommendations was made during the last Ecowas meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria,where it was discovered and alarmed so much by the rest of the world during deliberations on the meeting over the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating as syndicates all over the world today, in order to flush out this ugly trend and redeem the good image of the West African countries, the new President of Nigeria is taking the lead as the leader of giant of Africa by paying 400 victims of this operators USD$1.7 Million each, Due to inefficient banking systems in Nigeria coupled with high level of corruption among its officials, the payments are to be paid by ATM debit card or via a certified international bank draft acceptable in all banks of international settlement as maybe acceptable by the beneficiary.However,you the beneficiary have a right to choose another option as maybe convenient to you.But note that our arrangement and recommendation of the above is based on security reasons.According to the number of applicants at hand, 216 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 184 left to be paid this compensations fund.Your contact email address was discovered with one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria,(the centre nerve of this syndicates) as one of their Scam victims , you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any person contacting you again in respect to any fund from Africa for any reason what so ever, the US secret service working handy with the Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) in Nigeria is already on trail of this syndicates whose tentacles has been widely spread.For more vital information, please visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htmYou can receive your compensations payments via any of the options above, You shall be detailed with the modalities as soon as you respond as directed to Alhaji Sani Babasule of the international Operations and Credit Department of the Paying Bank of Central Bank of Nigeria in his direct email address;intloperation_creditdept_cbn@yahoo.com or call him on his direct number on +234-802-2723216.Yours faithfully,Fredrick AdamsFor Management,United Nations/EcowasCc;Central Bank of NigeriaCc;Ministry of Finance NigeriaCc;Ministry of Justice NigeriaCc;Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)Cc;United Nations Office Abuja Nigeria
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