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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: john nnam <nn.joh79@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <infojohnamdi1@yahoo.dk>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:49:01 +0000
Subject: FROM=MR JOHN NNAMDI


FROM=MR JOHN NNAMDI 14 GLOVER ROAD, IKOYI LAGOS NIGERIA Dear Friend, REQUEST FOR MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail fails to meet your professional and moral Ethics as we have not met before. I know you may be sceptical about what i am about to tell you because of the evil doings of people of the world today,which has brought fear and made alot of people not to engage in geniune and legitimate business ventures.I urge you to take your time and read this email very well. I am a highly placed official working in the Ministry of Agriculture in Lagos,NIGERIA, west Africa. My department (the treasury) coordinates several thousands of millions of dollars transactions monthly. Three other colleagues of mine and myself from this department are currently in need of a silent, foreign partner that can help us in repatriating the sum of { EIGHTEEN MILLION-FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS}This funds accrued legitimately(but discreetly)to us as commission from contract jobs awarded and executed here in Nigeria. The money is presently waiting to be remitted by our offshore funds managers abroad to any named beneficiary submitted by us to them as the owner of the payment. However, by virtue of our positions as civil servants in our country, we are not allowed by the civil service code of conduct,to own or operate bank accounts outside of our shores. On the other hand, it is not safe for us to keep the money here due to our bad ecomony. I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks whatsoever. Please give me your return email to confirm your interest while keeping everything confidential. Yours faithfully, MR JOHN NNAMDI.
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