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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: p u <patrick-utomi48@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <patrickutomi2002@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:44:22 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,


Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Patrick Utomi . A civil servant in Nigerian National Petoroleum Co-operation (N.N.P.C).I am soliciting your assistance for the transfer of $25.5m usd into your account. Theses fund came as a result of contract awarded to a foreign contractor few years back and the contractor has been paid off by his money, while the overinvoice sum of that contract that was awareded is now discovered floating in the bank without anybodys name on it as the beneficiary. The money is yet to be claim since nobody stand as the beneficiary to the fund.
I and my partners in the federal payment office have worked out all modalities on how to process the funds in your name and have it paid into your account as the beneficiary. We are also in negotiation with a security firm to see if they can help us move the money out of this country for easy claim into your account.
We have agreed that 30% be given to you, 60% for me and my partner while 10% will be used in settling each party expenses after the claim.
For us to commence the processing of this fund on your name, you are required to send the following information.
1. Your full name, address and phone numbers.
I will be waiting for your urgent reply for more details
Regards,
Patrick Utomi

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