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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:
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "million 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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • grahamwestt@officer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • grahamwest@officer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)." <ibrahiml19@tulsaemail.com>
Reply-To: grahamwestt@officer.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 00:17:27 -0700
Subject: Your E-mail Account


*I am Mrs. Farida Waziri the newly appointed chairperson of ECONOMIC AND
FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).

*
*We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists
in Nigeria and Western part of Africa. I hereby use this media to inform you
although it has been greatly abused by Fraud Stars that nobody seems to
believe any one any more, I have no options than to reach you through it.

*
* This might interest you that your email address has been found with some
Fraud Stars who has been apprehended and Brought to Book, with the help of
United States Government and the United Nations We have been able to track
down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries
which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL
LONDON) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.

*
* We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists.*
*The United Nation Cyber-crime Unit and the United State Government have
Order Economic and Financial Crime Commission and Federal Government to
COMPENSATE the Few Lucky people whose email address is found with any of the
Fraud Stars with $1.Million Dollars Each, from the all the money that has
been recovered so far.

*
*Note that this email is been Directed to you not because the Nigeria
Government are too Rich to Compensate people like that, but because your
email address was found with the Fraud Stars.
* *Plenty Fraud Stars are still out there sending scam mails, claims that
they are barristers/bank officials Lottery Organizations, Dieing Widows who
has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which
do not exist. They even Claim that the Central Bank of Nigeria is paying
over due contract Sum.
*
*Your compensation of $1.million has arranged through our swift card
payment center, because not everybody will like to give out his or her
Banking Details, so you are going to receive your payment through Swift
Card, the Card has been Designed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the
World Bank to help this pay out, it will enable you withdraw your money in
any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Five Thousand
Dollars Only per day.
*
* So you are advice to contact email
**grahamwestt@officer.com*<grahamwest@officer.com>
* Attn: GRAHAM WEST *
*Provide the information bellow.*
*1. Your full name /Address
2. Your age**
3.Direct Contact Number
4.Date Of Birth
5. Country/ State
6. Sex *
*Best Regard
Mrs. ** Farida Waziri*
*(Chairman Person EFCC)*
* *
* *

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