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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +447031944709 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348028422778 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • ckolade101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nelly Morgan <nellmorg2@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <nellmorgan2@gawab.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 04:50:46 +0000
Subject: Take my advise. Don't delete, but read this mail



From: Engineer Nelly MorganDate: 06-09-07 My Dear friend, My name is Engineer Nelly Morgan; I am a United States citizen. I executed a contract in Nigeria in the year 2002 and up till three months ago, I fought to receive my due contract payment without success. I did not know that all these years of my struggle, I was been swindled and mishandled by corrupt government officials claiming to help me actualize my goal not knowing they were only enriching their pockets with my hard earned money that I sent to Nigeria for one reason or the other. Not until I was directed to the Chairman Contract & foreign Payment Commiittee Nigeria by the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America five months ago. He directed me to contact the Chairman Contract & foreign Payment Commiittee in Lagos and I did contact him for assistance and advice on what to do to receive my due contract payment into my bank account. It was this good and God fearing man that advised me on what I did to get my contract sum. I do not know what your own problem might be but all I can assure you as my fellow contractor/next of kin is to contact this man whom I will feed you with his contact details. When you contact him, give him an elaborate detail of your problem and he is going to advice you on what to do and how to go about it. Find his contact details below and contact him at once. Man is God to man and I have just realized this fact now. Feel free to ask the man any question; he’s going to be your eyes to see for you. Contact: Ambassador Christpher KoladeChairman Contract & foreign Payment CommiitteeTel: 234 80 28422778E-Mail: ckolade101@yahoo.com

Lastly, least I forget, the United Nations office in London supplied me with your contact details that I should give you the good news that the Nigerian government is doing all she can to clean the bad image given to Nigeria by the international community as a result of Nigerian past record of frauds and scams.
Good luck as you follow up to smile like me. You can contact me on telephone number +44 703 1944709 because I am presently in London to visit my daugther. Regards Engineer Nelly Morgan
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