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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:
  • "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• 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.
  • +2348033476214 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:22:41 -0800
Subject: Representative Needed


SOLYOCOM CORPORATION S.L

107 TEODA INDUSTRIAL LAYOUT

TOKYO JAPAN

Attn,

I am delighted to inform you that the above named company is
amanufacturing company which is base in Tokyo Japan We manufacture
advance hospital equipments (AHE), computer accessories, focal glasses/lens
and microchips.,Presently my company wishes to come down to Africa Nigeria,
as we have been made to understand from the Chamber of Trade and Commerce in
here that mineral resources are sold in Nigeria. We want to procure a raw
material and if possible site our annex office/industry in your country due
to the nearness of the raw material based on your good recommendation.Our
humble purpose of contacting you is to make sure my company does not fall
into awful hands in Africa as we like to come through you,because we have
not been to Nigeria before. We also want you to be my company's
representative concerning the sitting of our annex office/industry, which is
solely going to be under your supervision, you shall aid the process of
construction and incorporation and my company shall go into bilateral
relationship personally with you. We shall come with letters of memorandum
of understanding for your official endorsement.We implore you to assist our
company in confirming a raw material by contacting this company (below) in
Nigeria to enquire the availability and indigenous price of the raw
material.

ROYAL MINING COMPANY
Jos Plateau (West Africa)
Local Miner - Engr. T .J. Benson
Tel: +234-803-347-6214

The company ability was recommended from the Economic desk of the Nigeria
High Commission in Tokyo Japan as a local miner who deals on this mineral
in industrial quantity as advertised also by the company in the
International Local Miners Brochure when they attended exhibition in Tokyo
Japan 2004. Please take note of our specification and price data.

Product required - ZACOLYN SOLID MINERAL
Description - PURE WHITE IN COLOR
Size - SOLID LIKE SUGAR CUBE
Int'l standard scale- 5 PIECES
UNIT
Int'l Price per unit - US$1,900
Quantity required - 1,500 UNITS

NOTE:

On your contact to Engr.C.J William with the above telephone number for
enquiry on our behalf, you may not disclose to him that foreigners will be
coming for procurement to avoid possible increase of their price above the
International standard price my company's is willing to buy.Beware this was
the system with our previous dealers in Afghanistan before the recent
turmoil that lead to the availability fall.The board of directors
unanimously agreed that if we can get an indigenous confirmation of
substantial quantity of the raw material and most especially- fair price we
shall endorse 7% commission of the total purchase for you as our host
representative for the first time. It is important to inform you of the
continuity of this transaction because we'll be buying the product
four-month intervals for five good years through you then we can discuss how
to get landed properties for the establishment of our annex office through
you in Africa.We will also like to speak with you on telephone we there
for require your direct telephone number .Best regards.Dr.Mario Zagalo

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