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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348028737152 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev JOHN ABOH" <johnaboh@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: rev.johnaboh7@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:56:56 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION FOR RELEASE OF $9.5M


FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc
HEAD OFFICE SAMUEL
ASABIA HOUSE35 MARINA
LAGOS NIGERIA
You Can Call me 234 8028737152

Attn Beneficiary.


NOTIFICATION FOR
RELEASE OF $9.5M

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today. I am
Rev. John Aboh the new director, international remittance department of this
bank ,my boss Mr Jacob M Ajekigbe, the MD/ CEO of this bank is now on
compulsory leave and all power has been vested on me to make all
international payment. Furthermore due to allegations of corrupt practice
against other Nigeria Banks, the Federal Government of Nigeria has appointed
this bank to effect all foreign overdue payment.

Be informed that the Federal Government have Approved the release of $9.5M
which have been in this bank for many years UNCLAIMED. Our Boss in
collabration with the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria have refuse to
tell you the truth on how to claim your fund, this is because they has been
using the interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich
themselves without your knowledge. I want to help you POOL OUT this fund to
your Bank account today using the easiest and quickest method which have not
been known to you before.

By this method a Domiciliary Account will be opened for you. A domiciliary
account is a secure account which we will open for you in our Bank and
Credit your payment of $9.5M for further credit into your account, the
essence of this Domiciliary account is to secure and protect your payment
from being diverted by fraudulent people or making payment to a foreign
account which do not belong to you, the greatest advantage is that you can
instruct us to credit your nominated account bit by bit with small amount
thereby saving yourself from the emberrasment of Financial Authority in your
country who monitor large transfer due to current trend of terrorist.
Another beauty of the domiciliary account is that you can retain the balance
left in your account in our Bank and can also instruct us to pay out money
to any bank of your choice in the world, or issue you an ATM Card which you
can use in any part of the world when in a business trip.

I hope you now understand the advantages of a Domiciliary account and why
you need this account to receive your payment of $9.5M now in our Bank. You
are advice to forward as a matter of urgent your direct telephone and Fax
number and your contact address as we have started the process of opening
the account for you. All that is require of you is to Activate the newly
opened Domiciliary Account with a minimum sum of $185 in line with
Provisions of Section 2 Sub Section (iia) of Banks and Financial Act of 2001
which state that all Non Resident Account otherwise known as Domiciliary
must be activated to make the account operational, while Sub Section (iib)
do NOT permit any Bank official from making deduction from the payment to be
deposited in the domiciliary account, which is $9,5M in your own case.


Call me on 234 8028737152 so that I will issue you payment release code
which must be given to you personally on telephone strictly for security
reason. This code is very important and is what you will use to confirm your
payment,

Yours faithfully

Rev JOHN ABOH
Director International Remittance
First Bank of Nigeria.

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