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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "charles c. soludo" (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.
  • zenithbankinternationalonlineplc@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Zenith International Bank Ltd" <officesenatehouse2@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: zenithbankinternationalonlineplc@ubbi.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 05:28:17 +0100
Subject: NOTICE FROM ZENITH BANK PLC


<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zenithbank.com/images/logo_animatex.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.zenithbank.com/&h=39&w=50&sz=7&hl=en&start=4&sig2=KhtDY0EXPwAZBWKm7yLbvQ&tbnid=AbgzxEDqjM3_WM:&tbnh=39&tbnw=50&ei=b84qSJlVocB6lJfEogU&prev=/images%3Fq%3DZenith%2BBank%2Blogo%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG>
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*Zenith Bank plc.*

*Plot 84, **Ajose Adeogun Street***

*P.O. Box** 75315***

*Victoria Island***

*Lagos***

* *

*zenithbankinternationalonlineplc@ubbi.com*

* *

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*Immediate Payment Notification*

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*This is to bring to your notice that huge amount of money was deposited in*

*this bank by Prof. Charles C. Soludo governor central bank of **Nigeria**in
*

*your name the original amount was ($10.7m) part of the money has been*

*withdrawn last month by Prof.Charles Soludo leaving balance of*

*$4.700, 000.00 (four million seven hundred **United States** dollars)
behind.*

* *

*Last week two staff of central bank of **Nigeria** came to withdraw the*

*Balance of $4.700, 000.00 but our bank refused.*

* *

*This bank, after much deliberation decided to source for the beneficiary*

*Of this fund whose name the money was deposited for claims. Consequently,*

*You are advice to indicate your interest to claim this fund by sending to*

*us with immediate effect your banking information's and scan copy of your*

*International passport or drivers license for proper identification.*

* *

*You are also advised as a matter of urgency to contact the foreign*

*Operation manager, zenith bank Plc, Dr Godwin Eme for the release of the*

*Fund.*

* *

*Waiting for your urgent reply,*

*Dr. Godwin Emefiele.*

*Deputy Managing Director*

*Corporate Banking*

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