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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +2348056345055 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • payout_atmoffice02@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Committee On Foreign Payment" <payout_atmoffice02@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:42:45 -0700
Subject: Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB


From The Office of: Senate President David Mark
Senate President Federal Republic of Nigeria
Committee On Foreign Payment
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Attn: Beneficiary
PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ON APPROVED ENTITLEMENT FUND
(US$500,000)
This is to notify you that your over due entitlement fund
has been gazetted to be released to you after the summit
meeting held at the Federal Government capital territory
(Abuja) in which an indoor meeting was held between my
government,International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank
Auditors, representatives of the European Union, Asian and
American Congress respectively concerning the debts owed
to foreigners. It was agreed that all the beneficiaries
under the category "A" will receive the sum of five hundred
Thousand Dollars (US$500,000) as approved and endorsed by
all the parties present in the summit. Be informed that
your name was stipulated under the category "A" awaiting
the receipt of his payment.
Therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to
reconfirm the
following details:
YOUR FULL NAMES:...................
CORRESPONDING ADDRESS:..............
TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBERS:............
MOBILE PHONE:.................
OCCUPATION/POSITION:.................
AGE/MARITAL STATUS................
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVERS LISCENCE...........
____________________________________________________________
Send the above informations to Senator Henry William to
this info below:
Email Address:payout_atmoffice02@yahoo.com.hk
Phone Number:+234 80 563 45055
_____________________________________________________________
Note that if you have received this message by(electronic
email sending error) to your system, kindly help us by
informing us to enable us sort this out as my office has
been instructed by the Presidency to take the issues of the
release of all payment owed to foreign beneficiaries upon
herself in order to sanitize the image of this country as
the former government have handed over the power to the new
government on May 29th, 2007 and the former government
did not want to leave without the settlement of all debts
as agreed / endorsed by the parties involved.
It will interest you to know that as soon as we receive the
above details, we will commence with all needed necessary
legal procedures and issue all payments details to you, in
order to approve the release of your long over due
entitlement fund, as our government wants to rebuild
confidence in International Co-operation and International
Financial system.
I want you to understand that this arrangement supersedes
all the previous arrangements given to you.Nevertheless,
if we do not hear from you within the next seven (7)
working days from today, it shall attract indefinite
postponement of your payment and my government will not be
blamed for such action, any question should be directed to
this office. The federal government of Nigeria is sorry for
any inconvenience the delay in releasing your entitlement
fund must have caused you as a result of unprofessional
services rendered by the banking and financial institutes
and that is our aim of objective.
Best Regards,
Senator Henry William
(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA)
Tel:+234 80 563 45055

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