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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:
  • "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.
  • officiallmail001@operamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: official mail <official001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <officialmaill001@operamail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:17:29 -0800
Subject: Verification and Confirmation of Claims



Verification and Confirmation of Claims Ref: NEC/7209-ABJ/07 Date: 5th November 2007

After a stakeholder meeting between the Federal Government of Nigeria, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Commonwealth towards laundering our financial image in view of attracting foreign investors it was resolved that all foreign contractors should be paid all their entitlement first to show good faith to all that is to come. On this note it was agreed that all parties should be involved in the payment for transparency. It was assigned to the Federal Government to make the verification and confirmation of claims and all payment to be taking care of by the commonwealth in London and supervised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This committee has been assigned to act on behalf of the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria in the verification and confirmation of claims so all that is due for payment will be paid.
Please note that this committee is superior to anybody or office as regard payment. Please you have to re-confirm your complete contract information and personal information or what ever reason you are been owed to this committee such as: Your full name and address, your company name & address, phone & fax numbers, contract numbers, amount, why you are being owned, your complete bank details and two pages of your international passport (Picture page & Information page) and any other relevant information so that we can verify with what you have here. Please you are to state to us the present situation and why your funds are being delayed.

Note that all correspondence shall be through this email only, it is because of the volume of claim we have at hand and also for transparency purpose, both the commonwealth and the IMF read any email that is sent to us and the one we send to out too.
Thank you for your patient and understanding and will like to apologies on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria for any inconveniences your payment delay must have caused you.
Please respond only to officiallmail001@operamail.com
Yours Sincerely
James AjayiFor: National Economic Committee

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