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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • jirabo@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jamesirabo2 Gazeta.pl" <jamesirabo2@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: jirabo@jmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:31:07 -0700
Subject: YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT CLAIM !!


FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
MARINA-LAGOS.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER.
LEICESTER CURRENCY
CHEQUE/DRAFT DEPARTMENT
Telegram: FBNFOREX

Please reply to email: jirabo@jmail.co.za

Attention : Sir / Madam

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication. However,this Correspondence is unofficial and private, and it
should be treated as such. Before I
introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax or
Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. I
also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think
of. I am Mr. James Irabo,Director Allocation Department (First Bank of
Nigeria Plc,)Lagos Branch. My office monitors and controls the affairs of
all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign claim
payments. I am the final signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge
funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels in
line with foreign claim settlement.

I have before me list of funds, which could not be transferred to some
nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as ghost
accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. Your Name was among
the people expecting the funds to be transferred into their account, on this
note; I wish to have a deal with you as regards to your unpaid funds and I
have your file before me and hope your data's are correct and un-tampered
unless you reconfirm it not correct and As it is my duty to recommend the
transfer of these surplus funds to the Federal Government of Nigeria
Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits, I have the opportunity
to write you based on the instructions received two days ago from the
Foreign Debts Reconciliation Dept to submit the List of payment
reports/expenditures and audited reports of revenues.

Among several others, I have decided to present you as the BONAFIDE
BENEFICIARY to an overdue inheritance sum of $9.7Million dollars only.
Following my idea that we can have a Deal / agreement and I am going to do
this legally with your name as the bonafide beneficiary of the amount in
question.

Listen The fund will be shared as follows: 40% of this money will be for
you, while 60% would be for me as i have planned to come to your Country as
soon as the Transfer is completed. My conditions:

1. The sum of $9.7M only will be transfer into your account after the
processing of all relevant legal documents with your name as the bonafide
beneficary,the transfer will be made by telegraphic Transfer (T/ T),
confirmable in 5-7 working days.

2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be
strictly by email / telephone, for security purposes.

3. There should be no third parties as most problem associated with your
fund release are caused by your agents or representative.

If you AGREE with my conditions l advise you to send the following
immediately.

(1) Your Full Name.........
(2) Your home or office address........
(3) Your private telephone and Fax number........
(4) Your age and sex..........
(5) Your Occupation............

And the transfer will commence without delay as I will proceed to fix your
name on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the 5-7 working days mandate.

I hope you don't reject this offer and have your funds transferred.

Waiting for your reply soon.

Faithfully,

James Irabo

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