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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +447031929771 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • richarddebecks@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Becks <rich.becks.43@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rbecksbocl@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 08:36:51 +0000
Subject: DIPLOMATIC CASH PAYMENT.



ATTN;ORDERING BENEFICIARY,
THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK,THE BANK OF CHINA PLC.,LONDON IN YOUR FAVOUR BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT.THIS MONEY WAS RECENTLY TRANSFERED TO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT WITH A CHANGE IN BENEFICIARY AS AUTHORISED BY THE OFFICIALS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
HOWEVER,AN ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$4,650,000 ON YOUR PRINCIPAL SUM WAS LEFT BEHIND IN OUR CALL ACCOUNT.BUT JUST YESTERDAY, ONE MR.JOHN BUBA REQUESTED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE ACCRUED INTEREST INTO ANOTHER ACCOUNT IN TAIWAN AND THIS AROUSED MY CURUOSITY WHICH MADE ME TO DIG DEEP INTO OUR FILE.THAT WAS HOW I FOUND YOUR NAME AS THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY AND I WANT TO ASSIST YOU IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY WHILE FRUSTRATING THE EFFORTS OF JOHN BUBA AND CO.LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THIS LONG ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$4,650,000.REPLY TO PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS;richarddebecks@yahoo.com.ph OR CALL MY DIRECT LINE;+44-7031929771. FINALLY,MAY I HAVE YOUR THE FOLLOWING TO FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND VIA DIPLOMATIC CASH DELIVERY WHICH IS THE BEST PAYMENT OPTION AT THE MOMENT;
{1}YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER.{2}YOUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE DELIVERED CASH VIA OUR DIPLOMATIC AGENCY.{3}THE NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT.
THANKS.MR.RICHARD BECKS.DIRECTOR,FOREIGN OPERATIONS,BANK OF CHINA PLC.,LONDON.





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