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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES SOLUDO" <pccsoludo13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fpd_cenbankngr@mailpersonal.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 05:31:16 -0700
Subject: Good Day.


*GOOD DAY*

*Dear Sir/Madam,*

*I bring you greetings. My name is Mr. George Abbey (OFR), I am a staff of
ZENITH BANK PLC. One of Our late customer by name Mr. Wang Xuemin had a
fixed deposit account valued at US$19.3M. He did not declare any next of
kin in all his official paper work regarding this fixed deposit account with
us. *

*I am now contacting you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary to
transfer this funds out of my bank into your nominated bank account and
after the successful transfer, I have an interest in investing in country.
You will be entitled to a 30% compensation for your assistance after the
successful transfer of the fund while 10% will be mapped out for expenses to
ensure the the success of the transaction and the remaining 60% would be for
me and all the rest of our staff involved in this business. I am making this
request in view of the recent bank audit which will soon declare the funds
unclaimed or bad funds and shared amongst our bank share holders and board
of directors. *

*Should you be interested, please send me your:*

*1. Full Names,
2. Current Residential Address,
3. Telephone, Fax and Mobile Numbers,
4. Profession, Age, Sex and Marital Status.
5. Your bank account info./ address of your bank*

*All I need is your assistance and coperation for the successful transfer
of this funds into your nominated bank account. Please get back to me
urgently so that I can procure the neccessary paper work to put you in place
as the beneficiary of this fund. *

*Regards,
Mr. George Abbey (OFR),
*

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