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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your payment is being processed" (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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • debt2000015@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: debt200004@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:19:44 -0800
Subject: APPROVED FOR PAYMENT


FROM THE DESK OF :AKIN KUNLE
DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DMO)

Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/008

Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,


CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION WITH C/N: CBN/ NNPC/FGN/MIN/2008.


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,


Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank and IMF
has instructed Nigerian Presidency and house of senate to pay all
outstanding foreign debts especially next of kin /contracts or contractors,
they warned that payment should be released to the beneficiaries forth with
unconditionally this third quarter 2008.From the records of outstanding
debts due for payment with the Federal government of Nigeria your name was
discovered as next on the list of the outstanding, who have not received
their payments.


We wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be
Release to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from
our record and file your outstanding contract payment is US$6.150 (SIX
MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).


Please re-confirm to this office if this is on-line with what you have in
your record and also re-confirm to me the followings.


1) Your full name.

2) Phone, fax and mobile #.

3) Company name if any, position and address.

4) Profession, age and marital status.

5) Copy of your int'l passport, driver's license, or any valid ID card, for
proper identification before the payment. This is to avoid any wrong
payment.


As soon as this information's are received, your payment will be made to you
by a Wire Transfer option to your nominated bank account, and you can
confirm it there after as soon is been made.

You can contact me via this e-mail:(debt2000015@gmail.com)


If by the end of 24hours you have not contacted this office, You will
consider this payment cancelled as this civilian government will not be
responsible for any wrong payment /further delay.


REGARDS,
Dr. Akin Kunle
Debt Manager (DMO)

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