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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:
  • "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: david mark <seantehouse_671@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <davidmark_277@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:42:05 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY



OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT (RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT) ABUJA NIGERIA Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STBATTN: BENEFICIARY,We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the FederalRepublic of Nigeria Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State,President Chief Musa Yar`Adua and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria, ProfCharles Soludo and the world Bank held a meeting last week concerning payment, bothforeign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.Firstly, I plead on behalf of my country,Nigeria. On going through files yesterday,we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this junction, we apologizefor the delay of your payment. On behalf of this country Nigeria that this will notrepeat itself any more and please stop communicating with any office now andattention to the appointed office below for you to receive your paymentaccordingly. However, from the records of outstanding contractors and inheritance funds due forpayment with the federal government of Nigeria, your name and company was discoveredas next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received theirpayments.therefor, below is your payment code for your perusal.Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No:339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, ReleasedCode No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013,Having received these vital payment number, therefore You are qualified now toreceived and confirm Your payment.In this regards, You are advice to send the below requested information to Mr.JOSEPHDAVID as he is the only person authorise by this Government to effect yourpayment.Remember,the only fee agreed by this committee is your PTF fee of $820.00.any person who ask you to pay any other fee after this payment. Please,fell free toreport that person to use immediately.The information he will need from you are as follows; 1 YOUR FULL NAME 2 YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER 3YOUR PERSONAL FAX NUMBER 4 YOUR FULL ADDRESS 5 A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.6 YOUR AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.Now you are directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General Federal Republicof Nigeria Mr JOSEPH DAVID immediately so he will directed you on how you willreceive your fund. You should reconfirm your information as requested , this is toavoid mistake while transferring your overdue payment to you.Contact Person: Mr JOSEPH DAVID Email: (josephdavid@pc.nu) Direct line: , Contacthim now and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of SenateFederal Republic of Nigeria, Instructing you to call him for immediate release ofyour fund and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistakeNOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call, if westill find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters who have been denting the image of Nigeria abroad for past years , I shall stop and cancel yourpayment indefinitely . Best Regards Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'adua President Federal Republic Of Nigeria Senator David MarkPresident of the SenateOFFICIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
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