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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:
  • "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "transfer of your funds" (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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348030874076 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "PAYMENT (IMF) ( IFCB ) (IFM) (GDIC)"<christine_o@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: <anthony.agu017@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:21:46 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT (IMF) ( IFCB ) (IFM) (GDIC)

Attn: Beneficiary, In respect to your fund transfer, I am Anthony Agu , the Director of inheritance / contract claims investigation at the Government Deposit Insurance Corporation (GDIC).We have currently been investigating your claim under the auspices of the Joint Regulatory Commission of the IMF and GDIC. Incidentally, we have discovered during the course of the investigation that the agencies that were responsible for your claim settlement have lost credibility.

This is because the credit facility extended to them for the said payment has since expired 2008, and as a result of that, they are unable to offset your fund. They have resorted to charging you all forms of fees and advance payments to no avail. GDIC, being the agency responsible for underwriting the guarantee for your claim has therefore, called for the retransmitted of your funds from offshore credit. Under the Joint Regulatory Commission, we have appointed a sole fiduciary agent that will handle the transfer of your funds through a direct wire transfer option to your different bank account as you may nominate. By this arrangement, you are not required to travel to anywhere outside your country before your funds reach your account. Your funds originated from a legitimate claim here.

It is not possible for you to be paid from anywhere else outside here. You must therefore, stop your contact with those people claiming to have access to your funds with immediate effect.

The entire members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has finalized on our last meeting with the Director of the IMF and placed this new decision of all the transferring documents as $95 (ninety five dollars) only, which you have to send now so that the International Funds Clearance Bond (IFCB) will be issued to you.

You have to note carefully that the contents of the article of law established under the bank of Nigeria foreign transfer of page 67, cap 10 under paragraph 6,which state clearly that under no circumstance will a huge amount above $1m be remitted to overseas account without (IFCB). As a matter of fact, this (IFCB) will show that the transaction was made through the full capacity of the government and will not be queried for certain circumstance. Use the information bellow for the payment of the $95 (IFCB) requirements:

 

Receiver's name: Francis Ife

Location: Lagos- Nigeria.

Text question---New year,

Answer----2009

MTCN number.................

Sender's name................

Sender's address.............

 

Once the IFCB document is secured on your behalf through the IFM Nigeria annex office, we shall proceed immediately without delay with your funds transfer exercise. Endeavour to send the payment information once you send the fees ($95). Possibly, you may call me. Looking forward to hearing from you,

 

Anthony  Agu:

My Direct Telephone Phone

number+234-80-30874076

 

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