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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348065434240 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION <brhcms12@msn.com>
Reply-To: <britishcommission@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 19:43:35 +0000
Subject: Attention Please. YOUR SCAM COMPENSATION. call:+2348065434240.
Reply ASAP















OFFICE OF THE BRITISH COMMISSION
Aguiyi Ironsi Street,
Central Business District, Abuja.
PHONE:
+2348065434240






Attention Please

You are listed and awarded for payment
during the last UN. meeting on how to tackle issues such as scams, get back to
us as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your compensation funds. On
this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN
meetings held in Abuja,
Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the
meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists
operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good
image of the country, the president of the Country in collaboration with the
UNITED
NATION is now paying 104 individuals and victims whose names where
chosen randomely to maintain good relationship among nations.

Due to
the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the
payments are to be paid through (Mr. Robert Dewar) BRITISH COMMISSION, through
their funding streams such as the Strategic Programme Fund (formerly GOF),
Public Diplomacy Project Fund, Bilateral Programme Budget and Returns &
Re-integration Fund also under funding assistance by the Central Bank of
Nigeria. According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 proved
victims has been paid, half of the victims are from the United
States,Europe and Asia, we still have more 20 left to
be paid the compensations.

Your particulars was mentioned as one of
people to benefit from this compensation, you are hereby warned not to
communicate or duplicate this message to anyone for any reason for whatsoever,
You will receive your compensations payments via an ATM cash able at any ATM
center around your country. You will receive further modalities as soon as you
contact me with the following information:

1. contact
telephone number
2. Delivery address.

Send the above information immediately for further directives, and also you call me on phone:
+2348065434240


Yours faithfully,
Mr. Robert Dewar

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