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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • senatorvicndoma@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Presiential Committee on Contract Payment <presidentialcommitteeoncontract490@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <senatorvicndoma@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:36:17 +0200
Subject: CONTRACT PAYMENT



THE SENATE HOUSEFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIACOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIAOur Ref: FGN /SNT/STB Your Ref ATTN: Beneficiary , We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian President Umar Musa Yar' Adua and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Prof Charles Soludo held a meeting concerning payment , both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds. On going through files , we discovered that your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office from now and attend to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment. Your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 ,Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 ,Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ;Secret Code No: XXTN013 ,Having received these vital payment number ,therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria immediately within 24hrs . You are directed to contact the Office of the head telex Department immediately so that he will pay you and fax you the payment Copy Slip and also you should reconfirm your banking Details , this is to avoid mistake while transferring your overdue payment to you today . Contact Person: Senator Victor Ndoma,Email;senatorvicndoma@gmail.com Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria , Instructing you to call him for immediate release of your 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 we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating , I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately . Best Regards Senator David MarkSENATE PRESIDENT(Federal Republic of Nigeria)
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