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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:
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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 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.
  • +2348079695433 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • 2345475510
• 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.
  • senatechambersfedrepofnigeria@gazeta.pl
  • wiretelexdeptcbnofnigeria@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SENATE CHAMBERS FRN" <senatechambersfedrepofnigeria3@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: davideene_oacctgeneral@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:07:34 +0100
Subject: MEMO------------- TREAT AS URGENT


FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CONTRACTS/INHERITANCE PAYMENTS,
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX
GARKI- ABUJA
RECORDING INFO: 234-54755 10/6/2008
EMAIL: senatechambersfedrepofnigeria@gazeta.pl
Ref: FGN/SENATECHFRN/ FCIP/XO1/06/08.




Attn:Sir/ Madam,


Following the Federal Government Mandate of 2007 over Foreign Payments
and Debts, Our office has finally granted a final approval on your
overdue payment. We have also attached a copy of this payment approval
notice
RE-22XXY36 to the new PRESIDENT, (UMARU YAR'DUA). Meanwhile, your
Local Representative here in Nigeria has submitted your bank details to us
where this fund is to be transferred. As a matter of urgency and
appropriateness, do cross check this submitted bank details of yours as
forwarded by your Local Representative to ensure accuracy and to avoid
transfer mistakes. The account is hereby stated below.


CITIBANK N.A NEW YORK 1005
ABA #: 04121855677
SWIFT CODE: CTTIUS33
ACCOUNT #: 03-11153-1


To this effect, you are therefore mandated to contact (REV.DR. DAVID E.
ENE) Wire and Telex Director CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA for the immediate
release of
your payment on this secured Office: Tel: +234-8079695433, Email:
wiretelexdeptcbnofnigeria@gmail.com during the event of your contact
to him, we also advise that you should refer him to the below release
numbers and include your total amount, telephone number for immediate
contact.

RELEASE CODE = CBN/FGN/XX-01-658,202
REFERENCE = WBN/0080/02/99
SWIFT NUMBER = WBN/FGN/NXXWFT/3299

Once more, expedite action towards this contact; we have handed over
everything about the release of your payment to REV.DR.DAVID ENE
for prompt release. We at the same time apologize for the continuous
delay over the final approval of this payment. This was as a result of
irregularities and gross mis-crediting funds in the past by government
Agents. Moreover, we thank you very much for your kind
endurance so far.

Please you are adviced to forward a copy of your international passport.
You should desist from any office of any kind or person(s) .

Thanks for working with The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Expecting your prompt response.


Yours faithfully,

SENATOR DAVID MARK,
Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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