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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (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 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.
  • barr.paul_nze@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "unitednation11@terra.es" <unitednation11@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:28:05 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS



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UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS( $15,5000,000.=
00 BENEFICIARIES.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 )

ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations=
To Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims(FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOU=
SAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each.You are listed and approved for this payment=
as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to as soon =
as possible for the immediate payments of your FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED=
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR compensations funds.
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On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U=
.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in=
the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian s=
cams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to =
compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Governmen=
t is now paying 150 victims of this operators FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED=
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR each in accordance with the U.N. recommendati=
ons
.
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments=
are to be supervised by the United Nations'Officials and the Central Bank =
Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank is BARCLAYS BANK LONDON According =
to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half =
of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be=
paid the compensations of FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STA=
TE DOLLAR each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as=
one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to commu=
nicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the =
U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it =
secret till they are all apprehended.Other victims who have not been contac=
ted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consider=
ation.
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You can receive your compensations payments via any of this options you Cho=
ose, ATM CARD/ AND ONLINE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER PAYMENTS SYSTEM . I shall fee=
d you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Dr Lyods Lewin
United nations accredited
Representative- Nigeria
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Please Reply to: barr.paul_nze@yahoo.com
Copyright =C2=A9 2008 United Nations World Bank Assisted Programme.(UNWBAP)=
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All Rights ReservedRC NO: 546342






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