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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:
  • "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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348069368863 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • unitednationz@maktoob.com
  • officeofthepresident01@maktoob.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATION" <onebox1@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: unitednationsz@maktoob.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:08:49 +0100
Subject: immediate release of your part payment of us$8.3m via atm payment card


UNITEDNATIONS
OHCHR, Dalais Wilson, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Senior Human Rights
Officer and international payment department
For urgent contact us private Email unitednationz@maktoob.com

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PART PAYMET OF US$8.3MILLION WITH AFRICAN
COUNTRIES VIA ATM PAYMENT CARD

Sequel to the meetting we have with all the African countries leaders and
PRESIDENT ALAHAJI UMARU MUSA YA'RADUA (GCFR)FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
regards to all the payment been owed by the African continent, the Chairman
Organization of African Unit (OAU) has made in knowing to all the
beneficiaries been owed by African via contract/inheritance and lottery
prize during is recent interview with British broadcast co-operation
(BBC) that all the debt been owed by the Africans should be paid to them
via OAU account with WORLD BANK which you happened to be one the listed
beneficiary .

You are advice to stop any further communication outside this office of the
DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNITED NATION (UN) OFFICE IN NIGERIA,
REV (FR) JOHN KENNEDY OFFICER IN CHARG which he is the head officer, his
contact information private email officeofthepresident01@maktoob.com Tel
234-806-9368863 for your own good because your above fund has been approved
to pay to you via ATM CARD .

Some petitions we received made it known to us that some beneficiaries have
loose all they have achieve in the life time due to the way Africans are
asking them to pay one charge or the other in regards of their payment . Be
inform that your payment has been approved to pay to your via ATM CARD
which has been issued in your favour


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS
PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE
TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s).
THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.EMAIL ME BACK AS
SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS
REGARDS AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED
OFFICE.

Please contact REV FATHER immediately for the collection of your ATM
CARD because the ATM CARD has been submitted to him so contact him to
enable you start cashing your money without further delay in any atn
Machine around you , he is the only authorized officer to handle your
payment via atm card, any other further communication you have out side his
office is on your own risk, and you are advice to stop making any further
payment to any one without REV FATHER JOHN KENNEDY notice because he is
handle your payment via Organization of African Unit (OAU) reserve
account under united nations payment account with WORLD BANK .

We apologies to you and your company or family for what it might has cost
you people in the past without receiving your payment upon the charges and
taxes you have paid before. But we assure you that what happen in the past
will never repeat it self again, with the power confirmed on us by the whole
world you are advice to contact the officer in-charge stated above for the
collection of your payment slip for immediate confirmation of your payment
which has already be deposit in your account, and do get back to us
immediately you confirmed your payment in your account to enable us close
your payment file with us.
Best regards
Frej Fenniche,
Senior Human Rights Officer united nations Switzerland

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