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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "richards mark" <markmark0015@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: markrichards2007207@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:40:47 +0100
Subject: RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.


RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.


This is in regard to outstanding paying,I am Mr.Mark Richards,the newly
appointed Director United Nation Legal Affairs,Security and
Investigation,The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief
YAR`ADUA) and his Decision Making Body, The Excutive Arms of the government,
has directed me to come down to Nigeria to Investigate your fund and to make
sure that we approve all outstanding debts owned to Foreign beneficiaries by
the goverment of Nigeria in this 2 quarter of this fiscal year 2008.


This decision was taken based on the abnormalise and inability of the BANKS
in Nigeria to Release your fund into your bank account Whereby it was
discovered that some Directors in Central bank of NIGERIA being the Federal
Government of Nigeria were diverting foreign beneficiaries
payment to another account of their choice overseas. In view of this,during
our investigation i found out that an account was submitted to divert your
fund to a Germany account.


Below is the account submitted and I want you to confirm if you are aware
of the new development because we are about effecting payment to the account
stated bellow today.



Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA
Bank: FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C No.: 367840545
Code: 50050201



Finally, be informed that a payment instruction has been issued and
forwarded to the Treasury Department of the Federal Goverment Of Nigeria in
favour of you and your company for immediate release of your fund to the
account above without any further prejudice.But there is no way
we can approve the fund to your account without you confirmint if you have
changed your account for your fund to be transfer to the Beneficiary:
CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA BANK ACCOUNT IN GERMANY.


Contact me immediately for further clarification. to know if you have giving
instruction to tranfer your fund to the above account today.


On behalf of the entire management of United Nations, we are
congratulating you in advance and if you fail to contact this office on or
before
24hrs from now then we will now wire the fund to the German account.


Thanks for your co-operation,
waiting for your urgent response.


Yours faithfully
Mr.Mark Richards
Un Office Of Legal Affairs
Security and Investigation

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