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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:
  • "million us 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 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)
  • "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.
  • john_ken_jj@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mark desmond" <desmondmark@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:14:39 +0100
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,


Attention Beneficiary,

The Federal Government of Nigeria has decided to pay you the sum one
million dollars (USD$1,000,000.00 ) as compensation to all that you
have lost in the hand fraudulent individuals through our Oil Reserve
Consolidated Account due to some anomalies and discrepancies in most of

our federal ministries, local banks, NNPC and the nations apex bank,
Central Bank of Nigeria.
However, full scale and detailed investigation revealed that you have
paid colossal amount of money to fraudulent individuals in time past
and for that cogent reason the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to

solely compensate you with one million Us Dollars (USD$1,000,000,00)
through our Oil Reserve Consolidated Account for safety reasons.
For this singular payment purpose, you should contact Mr john ken
who is the chairman of the debt reconciliation committee set up by the
federal government of Nigeria to handle and pay you your fund and you
should send to him your current receiving mailing address where the
draft/fund will be delivered to you to enable him perfect the final
delivery of your draft/fund to you.

Below is his contact information.

NAME: john ken
EMAIL ADDRESS: john_ken_jj@yahoo.com

You have to contact him once you receive this message to instruct him
where you want your fund to be delivered to you so that he can arrange
for the delivery of your draft/fund to you.
Sorry for what you might have gone through in the hands of our past
dubious governmental officials and fraudulent individuals in time past.

Be warnes ,You should avoid and prevent any thing that can cause
unnessary delay as this might be the last opportunity for you to
receive all money you lost in the hand of fraudulent individuals in
time past ,hence all your past efforts and contact to receive your
money failed you.

Once again congratulation.
Respectfully yours,
Professor desmond mark
Payment Director

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