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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:
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • paymentubaoffice@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Senator David Mark" <drdavidmark12@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:42 -1200
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE/CONTRACT FUND

SUB: RE: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE/CONTRACT FUND
VIA INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT


OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON INHERITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT)



ATTN: BENEFICIARY,


Going by series of petition received from International
Bodies on the way your inheritance/contract fund was
handled by our correspondence office .After Extinctive close
door meeting with Board of Directors and other Stake holders
in the Government, Subcommittees of the House Of Assembly
and the House of Rep , Federal Republic of Nigeria.


It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your
Contract/Inheritance Fund would be released to you on a
special method of payment, ‘SWIFT INTERNATIONAL BANK
DRAFT’, This method of payment is designed by the
Government to avert fraud perpetration or stoppage of fund
by Some Agencies. Either Through Anti Terrorist Certificate
or other certificates. This Swift International Bank Draft
would be issued to you upon meeting with the Bank
Requirement.


This office, has Been Mandated to take charge of the
Issuance of the SWIFT INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT And that your
inheritance/contract payment file should be passed to my
desk for clarification .Upon Certification that your file is
ok, this Office would Direct you on how to receive your over
Due inheritance/Contract fund via SWIFT INTERNATIONAL BANK
DRAFT .The BANK DRAFT would be delivered to you via Courier.
In the light of this aforementioned, you are required to
furnish the following information. To the Paying Bank United
Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) c/o Dr. Ron Davies E-mail
paymentubaoffice@yahoo.com


1) Your Full Name: ......................
2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your
SWIFT INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT
3) Phone and Fax Number: ...................


Your Next of Kin Name
…………………..
Your date of
Birth……………………
…….

This Information would be used in opening of an account
here. It's from this account that the DRAFT would be
issued in your favor with the Draft Number and all your
information sent to you.

Upon completion of this issuance of the Bank Draft, It would
be send to you via Courier to your residential Address.
Urgently furnish this office with your Contact information
in order to reconfirm if it's in line with the one contained
in our payment data. Be informed that your fund has been
called back and it's now in a suspended Account here in Our
Paying Bank.


A new Account Will be open in your Name Before the Swift
International Bank Draft is issued.

Waiting for an urgent response.

NOTE: THE DUE AMOUNT FOR THE PAYMENT VIA SWIFT INTERNATIONAL
BANK DRAFT AS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
IS $4,500,000 .00 USD


Yours Faithfully


Senator David Mark
(New Senate President Federal Republic OF Nigeria)

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