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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:
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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: Mike Wilson <cbn_2008part@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:24:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:Payment update


Dear Sir,
=A0 Reports of fraud,Negligence, Errors and others by Foreigners about
our country; Nigeria has prompted the Federal Government to empower
only our Bank; First Bank of Nigeria, PLC to find lasting solutions to
these problems. The Files and all Documents relating to
Foreign-Affairs has been handed over to our Bank.
=A0 This letter is written to you in order to correct and ameliorate
certain problems that have arised as a result of Frauds,Negligence,
Errors in the past. You are among the beneficiaries we have so far
discovered by record and only your e-mail address is the only contact
information we could retrieve for now from the past records of
Stake-Holders who have not
been cleared for one payments or the other and the Bank is ready to
Transfer the money/fund to any country of your choice when you have
replied this mail.
=A0 I am Mr. John Aboh the Director, International Remittance Department
of this Bank(First Bank of Nigeria PLC), my Boss, Mr.Jacobs M.
Ajekigbe,the Managing Director/CEO of this bank is now on compulsary
leave and all power have been vested on me to make all international
payments.
=A0 Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in other Nigeria
Banks including the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Government
has revocked/cancelled all power vested on those banks and have
appointed=A0 our bank (First Bank of Nigeria) to make all long overdue
foreign
payments.Your fund has been in this bank for many years unclaimed
because my boss Mr.Jacobs Ajekigbe have refused to tell you the truth
on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using the
interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself
without your knowledge.
=A0 I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the
easiestand the quickest method, which have not been made known to you
before.By this method, you will open a domiciliary account with this
bank (FirstBankof Nigeria), your fund would be lodged into this
=A0 dociliary account and yourfund will be paid in directly to any bank
of=A0 your choice.After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your
bank account within 5-hours same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and no
stoppage from any Government departments as the transfer will be done
=A0 within the bank alone and it is very safe.
=A0 The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic
Transfer(TT) for which confirmation was 48hrs, because of the time
factor, petitions could come from various organizations stopping your
payment and asking you to pay huge fee which would be difficult for
you to pay so that they can benefit from the huge interest your fund
generates while still in the Bank.This method is not safe for you
because it is not done within the bank alone as information of the
payment would be sent to the CentralControl Unit(CCU) of the
Federal Ministry of Finance and office of theAccountant General of the
Federation.
=A0 As a Man of dignity, I have nothing to gain by keeping your fund, I
want to assist you receive your fund before my boss resumes office.
You have to follow up and work with me now, so keep this very
confidential because of fraudsters and impostors who go about
presenting various bank accounts in order to divert another
beneficiary's fund.
=A0 Regards,
=A0 Mr.JOHN O.ABOH=0A=0A=0A

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