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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • +2348059379190 (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.
  • collectioncenterunit03@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?gb2312?B?c2hhbmdndWFueGlhb2h1YQ==?=" <sandy@dragontrans.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 8:57:23 +0800
Subject: =?gb2312?B??=

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE HEAD.
NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY,
PLOT 4, BLOCK 23,
GARKI, ABUJA.
NIGERIA.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!,

You have won the (NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE 2008 ONLINE LOTTERY!!!) Dear winner,This is to inform you that you have won a prize of GBP500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STEERLING) for the month of September 2008 New year Lottery Promotion,which is organised by NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.
NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY only collect all the email adressess of the final winner of the NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY online LOTTERY.We only select five(5) people every month as our winners through electronic balloting system without the winner applying.This is done, to boost our networking system in West Afican at large,
and to help the poor,so as to patronise our networking system as the best in West Africa and the World at large.We congratulate you for being one of the people selected for the LOTTERY.

You are to fill and submit the form to our affiliated courier company with you Parcel identification number(NPC/PC/2000)

information below:

1.FULL NAME:............
2:CORRECT HOME ADDRESS: ...
3.AGE: ...........
4.TELEPHONE: ..............
5.SEX: .................
6.OCCUPATION:............
7.COUNTRY: ...........
8.ZIP CODE: ...........
9.MARITAL STATUS:.............

CONTACT THE DELIVERY FIRM
(FEDEX NIGERIA DELIVERY-PARCEL OFFICE)
CONTACT PERSON: MR PETERS ADE JUNIOR
Email: collectioncenterunit03@hotmail.com
Phone Number: +234-8059- 379- 190

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using The Nigeria Petroleum Company Lottery addresses, but are not from The NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY MILLIONAIRE Lottery Board,So beware!!!.

Once again we say congratulations!!!..

Best Regards.
Mrs.Dora Suleman Usman
(NIGERIA PETROLEUM COMPANY ONLINE LOTTERY
CO-ORDINATOR).

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam