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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "executive governor" (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)
• 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.
  • +2348063783933 (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.
  • info_cbnremitdpt@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS ROSE COLE ." <wdbnkimf262@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:52:22 +1200
Subject: One Million US Dollars Payment Notification


Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that on 20th Day of November, 2007,We received a
payment credit instruction from the British Government in collaboration
with,IMF,NNPC,and World Bank to credit your account with US $1.000.000
( One Million United States Dollars Only) from the Government Foreign
reserve account.

Be informed that the above Government Agencies in Conjunction with
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses
of the people that are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to All email Address.Ten (10) beneficiaries was selected for the last
quater of the year through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without
the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people
selected.

IMF,and World Bank through this debt relief funds assisted project is
working to promote sustainable development, eliminate world poverty and
eliminate financial burdens on beneficiaries in each of these
countries,US of America, Canada, UnitedKingdom,Asia ,Africa, New Zealand and
Australia.

Authorized and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Central
Bank Of Nigeria where your
draw falls has been mandated to release and transfer these funds to
you.Adhering to the
principles of Banking Code.You have been assigned new payment
allocation numbers as seen herewith: Payment Allocation Code:YBM-EBS-718AF And
beneficiary's id: YBM-EBS-360AF as stated in your Payment Approval File.

You are therefore advised to send the required information to the
Payment Officer to enable him to process and transfer your funds to you
through any Mode of Payment of your Choice.These numbers above fall within
the Bank's Location file for your payment.Send your Identification
Numbers,Full Names and your reachable telephone number to him
immediately.

In view of this notification, you are urgently requested to reconfirm
your new payment codes as seen submitted here in your reply message to
the Payment Officer ,who has the statutory rights to remit the funds to
you without unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks.Feel free to
Call/Contact him using the info below:

Attn:Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria
E-mail:info_cbnremitdpt@yahoo.fr
Tel:+2348063783933

Be Warned : All beneficiaries are meant to receive their payments on or
before 14 banking days
from the day of this notification.All unclaimed funds shall be returned
back to the Government
reserve account as forfeited payments.

Congratulations!!!

Mrs. Rose Cole
For: Secretary of States,UK


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