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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • +2348025985754 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +2341702319118 (Nigeria, landline)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?MR_BROWN_WILLISON?=" <brown_willison@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:25:03 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT_THE_ATM_PAYMENT_DIRECTOR.?=


Dear Friend,
Be informed that after waited for some time and there is no response from you, then I decided to convert your payment to ATM CARD through the Union Bank here in Lagos because I have to travel out side the Country for site seeing and will not come back till November,28 2008. I want you to contact the Union Bank Director of Foreign Operations, Mr. Ahmed Zamfara,to know how you can receive your ATM CARD amounted to US$2.5M, contact him as soon as you receive this message to avoid misplacing your ATM CARD or some one else collecting it because the secret code to access the ATM account is included in the enclosed envelope.
CONTACT: MR. AHMED ZAMFARA
DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
UNION BANK OF NIG PLC,
CORPORATE OFFICE VICTORIA ISLAND , LAGOS NIGERIAN
Direct Tel: +234-802-598- 5754 Tel/Fax: +2341-702-319-1188
E-mail: foreign_operations_dept@unionbankplc.cn.ms
Following is the information you need to re-confirm to him which will prove to him that you are the rightful owner of the ATM CARD. I have given them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistakes in the cause of delivery.
1}.Your complete address where you want the ATM CARD to be delivered.
2}. Your current telephone number where you can be reached incase if there is need for that.
Finally remember to indicate this code: GM0081 when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the ATM CARD. Do let me know as soon as you received it.
Thanks and God bless,
Brown Willison


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