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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Nation Treasury" <nationtreasury6@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: nationtreasury@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:43:20 -0700
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT


YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT

OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS,
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT NIGERIA/LONDON

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file
which worth about Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) only.

We also found out that you have not receive any payment since the British
Government has set aside Eight Hundred Million United State Dollars
(US$800,000,000.00) only from the One Billion Dollars collected from
fraudsters with the help of the Economic Financial Crime Commissions both in
London and Nigeria.

These include cash and frozen assess to compensate those who have been
attempted or victims of fraud by some imposters/fraudsters in Nigeria,
London and other part of the country.

Hence we have decided to bring a solution to your problem by arranging your
payment through an accredited bank in USA. This is the latest instruction by
the President Chief Umaru Musa Yar' Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria
and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Conjunction with US government.

Please confirm if you will like to receive the fund (US$10,Million) by
sending us the below information and how you wish to receive your fund.

.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.COUNTRY:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.OCCUPATION:___________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
7.BATCH NUMBER:____________________
8. WINNER NUMBER: _____________
9.REF NUMBER:_MSW-__________________________________
10. AMOUNT WON:___________________________________________
11.YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS________________________________


For your information you have to stop any further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) in respect of transferring your fund, this is
to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment.

You are advised to contact
Prof.George Turne,to finalize your fund and give order to the paying office
to transfer your fund to you with the above information as soon as you
receive this important message for more direction on this Contact Person:

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which is (225) so you have to indicate this code when contacting us.

Regards,
Prof.George Turner
Operation Department(IMF)Office.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam