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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:
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • admin.zenithbankplc@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: UNION NATIONS ORGANISATION <info@uno.org>
Reply-To: admin.zenithbankplc@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:57 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION PAYMENT ADVICE




ZENITH BANK PLC
COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH
THE UNITED NATION.

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
understand why this mail came to you.We have been

having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with
the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.This

email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the
world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to

compensate them with the sum ofUS$350,000.0(Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United States Dollars)This includes

every foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract
sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or

international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.


Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team
of Economic and Financial Crime Commission

observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been
agreed upon and have been
signed.You are advised to

contact Mr. Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our
representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for

your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$ 350,000.00 (Three
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) This

funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send
it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone
number/your correct mailing address where you want him to

send the Draft to you.Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your
Cheque:

Person to Contact Mr. Jim Ovia Email: admin.zenithbankplc@gmail.com
[1], Phone; 2347085171619

Making the world a better place

Sincerely

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon

Secretary General
(UNITEDNATIONS).http://www.un.org/sg/

Links:
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[1] mailto:admin.zenithbankplc@gmail.com

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