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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:
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • +2348034701053 (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.
  • paulwwilliams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: david mark <marksdavidspl@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <marksdavi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:24:39 +0000
Subject: YOUR CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE PAYMENT



CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIATINUBU SQUARE LAGOS-NIGERIA15TH NOV, 2007. PART PAYMENT OF US$3.5M. ATTENTION BENEFICIARY, THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, NIGERIA ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT AN ATM CARD CONTAINING US$3.5 MILLION (THREE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)HAS BEEN SENT TO OUR CARD DEPARTMENT PAYMENT CENTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA IN YOUR FAVOUR AS CONTRACT/ INHERITANCE PART PAYMENT EXECUTED WITH THEM. THIS DECISSION WAS MADE AFTER THEIR LAST MEETING WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT ALHAJI MUSA UMAR YAR'ADUA (GCFR) IN ABUJA (FCT) NIGERIA LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVES AND WORLD BANK AUDITORS, THEY ALL AGREED AND CONCLUDED THAT THEY WILL SETTLE SOME OF THEIR CONTRACTOR'S WHICH YOU ARE AMONG WITH THE SUM OF US$3.5M EACH BY ISSUING THEM AN ATM CARD WHICH THE MAXIMUM WITHDRAWAL PER HOUR IS US$1,000 ( ONE THOUSAND US DOLLARS ) THROUGH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO RECONFIRM: 1) YOUR FULL NAME2) YOUR REAL ADDRESS OF RECEIVEING THINGS(P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTED)3) YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.4) YOUR AGE/OCCUPATION5) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/ DRIVING LINCENSE FOR MORE DIRECTIVES

THIS BANK SHALL SEND YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU AT NO COST WITHIN 7 WORKING DAYS WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW MONEY IN AN ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD PENDING THE ISSUANCE AND PRESENTATION OFAPPROVAL CERTIFICATE AND THE ATM CARD SECRET PIN NUMBER FROM THE PAYING GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (DR PAUL WILLIAMS) BEING THE PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION ON HIS HOT LINE# 234-80-34701053,FAX+234-1 5559397, EMAIL:paulwwilliams@yahoo.com FOR MODALITIES ON OBTAINING APPROVAL CERTIFICATE AND THE ATM CARD PIN NUMBER TO ENABLE US DISCHARGE OUR DUTIES EFFECTIVELY. YOUR EALIEST COMPLIANCE IS NEEDED AS THIS BANK OWN NO APOLOGY FOR CANCELLATION OF SENDING YOUR ATM CARD DUE TO UNABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM OF THE ATM CARD AND APPROVAL CERTIFICATE AS INSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRANSACTION RULES EDICTED 2005 AS AMENDED 2006. BEST REGARD.DR. DAVID MARKHEAD OF CUSTOMERS SERVICE.
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