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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: 19 Oct 2008 10:47:44 -0600
Subject: {Spam!}



Continental Bank Plc
Plot 697 Amodu Tijani Street,
Off Sanusi Fafunwa Street, Victoria Island
Lagos, Nigeria.

Attention:Beneficiary,

My name is Dr.Anderson George, manager of this bank.

Recently,one mr Allen Joe Walker came to my office to let us know that you are dead and before you died,you instructed/assigned him to claim your funds in the tune of us$6.2million that was long abandoned in your name.

So here comes the big question:

(1)Did you assign/instruct mr Allen Joe Walker to claim your funds?
(2)Are you truely dead?

If no, you are hereby advised as a matter of urgency to

reconfirm the details of this message/mail within 24hours

hence,your fund in the tune of us$6.2million will be wired/transferred

into his account without any further delay.

Lastly,you are advised to reconfirm the details of this message

and get back to us immediately with the information below:

Full Name................
Telephone Number...............
Fax..............Mobile Number..........
Residential Address........................
Age............Marital Status..............
Occupation....................Business Type................

BANK DETAILS
Bank Name.....................Address.............
Bank Account Number.................
Route Number.................
Account Type...................

Note that all these informations should be provided for reconfirmation
to enable us wire your funds into your personal account else,your funds will
be wired into his account without any further delay.

We await your urgent response today.

With Best Regards,
Dr.Anderson George
The manager,
Continental Bank Plc

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