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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • idriskuje@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Idris Kuje <idriskuje1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: idriskuje@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:53:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME FAST


From: Elder I D Kuje
Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration,
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

Dear Friend,
I am Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration to the Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC).also General co-ordinator for the
building and maintenance of all Public Hospitals, roads and schools
in all Oil producing states of the federation.
visit our website: www.nddcnet.com
The Niger Delta Development Commission. (NDDC} awarded contract for the
building and maintenance of all public hospitals, schools and roads in
the federation to a foreign firm in the year 2004.
This contract has been fully executed and commissioned full payments
have been made to the contractor who executed this contract. We were
able to over invoice this contract amount to US$8.5million. This US$8.5m is
what we want to transfer abroad with your co-operation and
understanding and your share will be ONLY US$2.5million while US$6
million will be shared by we the committee members. All modalities
towards the transfer of these fund US$8.5m is now in place.
If you find this proposal interesting to you, you can go ahead and
reply me as a matter of urgency with your contact phone number. Please
keep this matter very confidential to yourself.
Reply to my private email address: idriskuje@yahoo.com.au
Cheers and God bless.
Yours truly.
Elder I.D.Kuje




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