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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:
  • "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (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.
  • +2348086030290 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Presidential Office Information Department <fpo-569@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fpoffice_2@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 06:53:29 -0700
Subject: APPLICATION CLAIM OF YOUR APPROVED FUNDS.



Presidential Office,
Information Department.

Aso-Rock Buildings,
Abuja.
Date: 4-10-2007.
Direct Phone: +234 808 603 0290

Attention:The Beneficiary,

SUBJECT:RELEASE OF FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK

Be informed that we have been advise by the boards and central bank governor, to directed this message to you accordingly, that your name was among the short listed approved beneficiaries for the release of USD4.6Million through the assigned payee officer's in Spain, approved by the presidential federal executive council since last two weeks.

However, the assigned payee officer's in Spain signal us that immediately they receive instruction to release the funds to you, One MRS CARO OXBY, sent APPLICATION LETTER of CLAIM with a sworn affidavit from high court that you are died in an auto accident including a death Certificate of your burial and she is your relation and she want the funds to be wired into this new account in Zillah-Lebanon on Account No:0-710311025.And since than each time they tried to reach you through your email address it continues bouncing back to them in respect to this reports or was there any changes in your information.
Please we want a confirmation of this report, if really MRS CARO OXBY is saying the truth or not because the appointed officer's are confess and so that you will handle this issue with good understanding and advise us with your full contact details without any delays to enable the assigned officer's complete analysis of releasing the funds if you are not died and the said total sum of USD4.6Million will be release to you immediately.
We therefore advise you to contact the us via our Email address with your full receiving details informations,if the assigned officer's in Spain has not yet get through to you till now because the funds payment have been approved on your favour. Because the board directors have looked into this matter and discovered that this affidavit of claim sent on your behalf to claim this funds was forged.

So we advise you to confirm this message and get back to us with your working TELEPHONE Number and here is our direct 24hours hot line: + 234 808 603 0290, call immediately for further advise.

We wait for your immediate respond of this notice.
Your quick response is urgently needed.

Yours trulyPrince Chris Chukwubueze
Information Officer
_________________________________________________________________
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