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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:
  • "million united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo <acct-dankwambo06@msn.com>
Reply-To: <acct_dankwambo7@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 04:29:24 +0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER



OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERALFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIAASO-ROCK VILLA, GARKI ABUJA , FCTTELEPHONE:+234
702313178

Attention:


RE: REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUM
OF $75,000,000.00 INTO YOUR PRIVATE/COMPANIES ACCOUNT

I approach
you most honorably today for a mutual business transaction.
I am ALHAJI
IBRAHIM DANKWAMBO, the Accountant -General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria .
I have been given the opportunity to be appointed the Accountant-General after
several years of active service.

Now by virtue of my present office and
position, it is an opportunity
for me to have a share of the huge oil money
which many top military personnel of the past regimes had used my predecessors
in the past to achieve their personal interest without any benefit towards
them.

Following this development, I now have an accord with a top
officer of
the Finance Ministry to remit the sum of US $75, 000,000.00
(SEVENTY-FIVE
Million United State Dollars) to your nominated account, hence
we as Civil
Servants do not have the right to acquire foreign account while
in service. I
therefore request you to kindly allocate any account of your
choice
with all necessary particulars to enable me to forward it to the
Central Bank of Nigeria for onward release of fund transfer approvals in your
favour.
We have ten working days to conclude this deal on commencement, and
I
shall join you at the account base for sharing and further discussion on my
investment plan in your country.

We shall negotiate your percentage
share on reply of this mail for your
anticipated contribution in making this
transaction a success. Do not
hesitate to comment where you do not
understand.

ON SECURITY:
To
ensure maximum security all correspondences shall be by E-mail and
strictly
confidential.
Please protect my position in my country by keeping everything
secret
until funds in question leave our foreign reserve account.
Finally
I assure you of a 100% thorough, risk free, and hitch
free
transaction.

CONFIRM YOUR
INTEREST BY SENDING ME AN urgent EMAIL OR CALLING
ME ON MY DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER: +234 702313178

YOURS FAITHFULLY ALHAJI IBRAHIM
DANKWAMBOACCOUNTANT-GENERALFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA

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