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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • susi_walker@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stephalbert@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:08:55 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?LETTER=20OF=20REVALIDATION?=


Date: 19/09/2007

Sir,

LETTER OF REVALIDATION

We write to inform you of your pending contract money, $95 Million US Dollars
(Ninety Five Million US dollars), with Ref. No: RVH/IRD/RVX/021/06 which
was executed by my company.

The payment has been approved by the river state government on behalf of
federal government of Nigeria on which state the contract/job was executed
under their control. Projects done include the following but not limited,
NNPC/ LNG/NAFCON/NEPA/ WORKS AND HOUSING.

You are therefore advice to send your receiving account particulars only
for the payment of your contract fee.

All charges/ tax shall be deducted at source before transferring the payment
into your account you are not permitted to pay any charges or taxies.


We, we wish you to make claim of your fund as soon as possible Please contact
our secretary on this email: susi_walker@yahoo.com

Looking forward to hearing you

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Albert.
Director project Monitoring/Implementation and Payment
Governors Office, Port Harcourt
River state Nigeria

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