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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:

• 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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Alex" <alexvictor2343@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: alexvictor@inMail24.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:05:01 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!!!


FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA 2008 COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
DIRECTOR

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

SCAMMED VICTIMS/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 1MILLION USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations
to Central bank of Nigeria to pay 300 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million
each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed
victims, get back to as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your
$1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations we want you to know that during the last UN
meetings held at Abuja Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the
world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the
scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to
retain the good image of the country, the new president of Nigeria is now
paying 300 victims of this operators $1 Million USD each, Due to the corrupt
and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by
Central bank of Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding
assistance by the National West minster bank London.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 100 beneficiaries has been
paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 200
left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each. Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one
of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate
or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret
service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital information,
please visit: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm

You are to receive your compensations payments via ATM CARD, I shall feed
you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Rev. Alex Victor

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