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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +2348060012390 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • wire.telaxdpt@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter Adams" <peterdradamst@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:48:51 -0700
Subject: WIRE TRANSFER FINAL NOTIFICATION


FROM THE DESK OF:
DR. PETER ADAMS.
DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT CENTER.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

WIRE TRANSFER FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT
/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR
CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO
YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF
YOU WISHES TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO
YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR FOREIGN
REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM
MR. PRESIDENT, ALHAJI, MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE THE PAYMENT TO
YOU THROUGH KTT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY
SO THAT YOU WILL WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY BRANCH OF YOUR BANK LOCATED IN ANY
PART OF THE WORLD,. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEASE LET
US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND
ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO THEM AS LISTED BELOW.

1. FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS
4. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
HOWEVER, KINDLY FIND BELOW THE CONTACT PERSON:
REV. JOHN EKE.
DIRECTOR, FOREIGN REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
PHONE: 234-806-00123-90
EMAIL: wire.telaxdpt@hotmail.com


THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MANDATED TO WIRE
TRANSFER $8,300,000.00 (EIGHT MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY) AS PART AYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR
INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER
PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. NOTE
THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS
(KTT-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE FOREIGN
REMITTANCE/SWIFT TELEX PAYMENT DEPARTMENT BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

WAIT FOR YOUR EXPEDITE RESPONSE.

YOURS SINCERELY,
DR. PETER ADAMS.
DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT CENTER.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

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