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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348083265594 (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.
  • icsdnig@oued.info (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnson femi <jjj11313@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <icsdnig@oued.info>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:34:55 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR INFORMATION !!!!!!!!













From:MR.FEMI JOHNSON
ZENITH BANL PLCINTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPTSPECIAL PAYMENT SCHEME
SWIFT CREDIT CARD Central Business Area, P.M.B. 251 Head Quarters-Lagos.
Dear Sir/Madam,

LONG OVERDUE PAYMENT This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance payment file and found out that you are yet to be paid for your inability to fulfill the obligation given to you.
Sequel to this, the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has just approved a compensational payment for immediate delivery to you through SWIFT ATM mode of payment, totaling One Million, One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$1,100,000.00M) for 50 beneficiaries (1ST BATCH) around the world who have been victim of SCAM (419) in line with a WORLD BANK and IMF order in a tripartite meeting held in the Federal capital territory Abuja.

As at the time of writing this email to you, 17 applicants has been paid in the last one week, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 33 left to be paid the compensations of (US$1,100,000.00M) each only.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Imo State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations who is now at large, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.
However, in the process explained to you, a Domiciliary account will be created in your name in our bank, chosen to handle this payment mode (under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria) and you will be given an ATM CARD with a credit limit of $20,000.
Upon creation of this account, the account number and a PIN CODE will be given to you while the ATM CARD will be sent to you by courier for withdrawals from any ATM CENTER in any part of the world.With a credit limit of $20,000,you can only withdraw this amount per day.

For the purpose of clarification, and to facilitate the sending of this card to you, you are advised to reconfirm your,
Full Names, Direct Telephone NumbersPhysical Address with Zip Code so that there will be no error during the delivery of the ATM CARD to you in your country of residence.
Thanks as we await your prompt response STRICTLY via this email : icsdnig@oued.info You can call 234-808-326-5594 for further directives.Further details if we here from you.

Faithfully yours,MR.FEMI JOHNSONTelephone: 234-808-326-5594






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