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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:
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrsveronica.infocbn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:38:22 +0000
Subject:



Attn:My Dear,I know that you might be surprise on this mail, but I am telling youthe truth. I know that it is against my official duty to releaseconfidential issue like this to an outsider. There is nothing I can doto help you beside this; I am taking this bold step because of mybelief as a Christian.What I want to tell you is about your fund with the Federal Governmentof Nigeria, there are a lot forces working against you right from thelast CBN Governor Chief Joseph Sanusi and the current Governor ProfCharles Soludo,they have been frustrating you by demanding upfrontpayment from you constantly, If I tell you that they are using allthese money you sent to them to work against you, you might notbelieve it. But it is reality.There is a way I can assist you get your fund without you paying anycharges to get your fund, it is risk but one have to take it, I haveassisted one woman from Mexico with it, it worked out though her fundwas US$2.5m. What you have to do is to open another bank account anywhere, if you can open it in another place, it will be nice, but whatyou have to bear in mind is that you have to retransfer the fund toanother account immediately you confirmed it in your account, I knowwhy I want it this way.If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail,if I make the transfer on this week, it might be next year Januarythat they will find out and by then, you have retransferred the fundinto another account.Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that I will be inbetter position to know what to do.Dr.Mrs. Veronica Amadi

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