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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:
  • "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • usman_dangote@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Usman Dangote" <reachoutoffice1@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: usman_dangote@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:23:58 +0100
Subject: RE:PAYMENT AUTHENTICATION NNPC


FROM THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (NNPC)
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
NNPC CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009,
SWIFT CODE: BPH KPL PK,
OUR REF: NNPC/IRD/NNX/21/08

WE APOLOGIZES FOR THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT AND ALL THE INCONVENIENCES
WE MIGHT HAVE PUT YOU THROUGH, AS WE WERE HAVING SOME MINOR PROBLEMS
WITH OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM WHICH IN ALL CASE NOT MEETING UP WITH FOREIGN
PAYMENT, WE APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN.

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS DUE PAYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, YOU ARE DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE
(13) OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTS
DURING THE (8) YEARS TENURE OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.PLEASE BEAR
WITH US FOR MAKING THE INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH EMAIL.

MEANWHILE, WE NEED YOUR CONFIRMATION OF A LADY MISS NEENA MORADA WHO
SAID SHE IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WITH ACCOUNT INFORMATION AS PRESENTED
BELOW.

NAME;NEENA MORADA
NAME OF BANK:USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
10750 MCDERMONTT FWY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78288
SWIFT CODE:314074269
ACCT:22109692

UPON YOUR CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE ACCOUNT AND THE LADY AS YOUR
REPRESENTATIVE,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ENSURE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO MISS
NEENA ,MORADA.BUT IF ON THE CONTRARY YOU HAVE NO FORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
ABOVE INFORMATION,YOUR ARE REQUIRED AS MATTER OF URGENCY,TO KINDLY
RE-CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT VALUED
$12.5M BY FILLING THE FORM BELOW:

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) NAME OF RECEIVING BANK WITH ADDRESS,PHONE, FAX :
3) YOUR PRIVATE/MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS

THIS EXERCISE OR MEASURE IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOT PAYING INTO WRONG
ACCOUNTS WHICH HAS COST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THE PAST FOR PAYING INTO WRONG ACCOUNTS/DIVERSION OF FUND BY SOME
REPRESENTATIVES.


AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, YOUR FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS SECOND QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR. HOWEVER;IF
WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF THIS MESSAGE WE SHALL PROCEED TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF FUND TO THE
ACCOUNT PRESENTED ABOVE BY MISS NEENA MORADA

WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THE DELAY IN REMITTING OF YOUR FUND
MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU AND AT THE SAME TIME THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
ALL THESE YEARS.

BEST REGARDS.
DR USMAN BOPATEL DANGOTE.
(NNPC DIRECTOR OF FINANCE)

NOTE VERY IMPORTANT:Send your reply to usman_dangote@yahoo.com

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