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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • 234018712416

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. MARTIN WILLIAMS" <mrtin.williams19@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martin_williams77@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:54:35 -0700
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION.


FROM THE DESK OF DR. MARTIN WILLIAMS
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS-NIGERIA
TELEPHONE:234-01-8712-416



Attn: Beneficiary.


I am writing on behalf of the International Remittance Department of the
Central Bank of Nigeria/Ministry of Finance regarding your payment which
has been approved for payment by the Senate Committee on Foreign Contracts
and Fiscal Control.


Your part payment of $12,700,000.00 (Twelve Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) only has been approved by the Senate Committee for
immediate payment .


We tried to make transfer to your account as your name was listed on the
payment schedule only to find out that the account details has been changed.
A man by name Mr. Stev Morgan came to the Central Bank of Nigeria with a
lawyer applying for a change of beneficiary to his name on the same payment,
he said that you have instructed him to receive the $12.7M on your behalf
as your partner. We are writing to inform you that we cannot make the
transfer
to his account until you have confirmed that you know him also that we
should
go ahead and transfer the above stated amount to his account in United
Kingdom.


Please note the account information forwarded to us by Mr. Stev Morgan of
United
Kingdom is stated hereunder:


Name of the Bank: Barclays Bank London
Account Number: 9887-676900
Account name: LGMC LLC
Route Number: 0923896541


We need you to reconfirm that you sent him and also that we should go ahead
and transfer the above amount to his account immediately otherwise, you are
required to reconfirm the following iformation to us immediately for us to
process and transfer the stated contract sum of $12.7Million.


Forward to us as a matter of urgency the following information:

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
YOUR OCCUPATION/IDENTIFICATION CARD
YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
ROUTING NUMBER ETC.


Upon the receipt of the above, we shall proceed immediately to process
your transfer and wire the above amount to your account immediately.
If we do not hear from you till the next 48 hours, we shall go ahead and
transfer the fund to Mr. Stev Morgan account as your representative.


We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences the delay in transferring
your payment may have caused you and we wish to ask that you work with
us to finalize this payment before the next 72 hours. Transfer documents
will be sent to you as soon as we receive your reply.



Thanks.


Yours faithfully,


DR. MARTIN WILLIAMS
(Executive Director)
International Remittance Dept.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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