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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found 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 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.
  • canwep9@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: DR.FRANK DOUGLAS <parliamenthouse_frank@msn.com>
Reply-To: <canwep@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:26:17 +0000
Subject: ATTN: YOUR CONTRACT SUM IS READY CONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT



ATTN: YOUR CONTRACT SUM IS READY CONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT

House of Parliaments Information Office
12 Norman Shaw North
WUSE ABUJA NIGERIA


Attn: Beneficiary,

We the entire members of the House of Parliament , on behalf of the
Government of Great Britain, under the auspices of the Nigerian House of Parliament held a meeting this week concerning payment, both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds of lost and dead investors in the Nigeria between 1960 to 2009 which were not released to the right benefactors and also long dated contract payment sum of 1978/1981.

Alhaji Umaru Gordon Dada the Honorable Prime Minister of Nigeria,has
just informed this office the Nigerian House of Parliament that All the listed contractors and Inheritance funds benefactors which their CONTRACT PAYMENT SUM AND INHERITANCE FUNDS were not paid to should be released to them with effect so that the Global financial crisis rocking the world today will not affect the Nigerian's.



On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

We discovered that your payment listed to us Five million two hundred
thousand dollars (US5.2M) approximately Three million five hundred
thousand Great Britain Pounds(GBP3.5M), you are advised to respond with
effect so that we will process your payment to be made in any form you
wish to receive your funds either by bank draft of direct wire transfer or inform our financial institution where the funds will be packaged for delivery at your door step,or even cash call.

Kindly respond to this office so that your payment will be processed and released under 5 days of your receiving this email for proper verification of your full detailed information for final processing of the release of your funds.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632
Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation
No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital
payment number, therefore You are qualified now to receive and confirm
Your payment with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland immediately within 5 days.

You are directed to reconfirm your full detailed information as stated
below :to canwep9@gmail.com





1):FULL NAME.

2):HOME ADDRESS.

3):OFFICE ADDRESS.

4):PROFESSION,MARITAL STATUS,AGE.

5):HOME PHONE NUMBER/WORK PHONE NUMBER and CELL PHONE NUMBER.

6):AS WELL AS TIME TO REACH YOU ON PHONE.



Respectively ,



Dr.Frank Douglas
Member House of Parliament

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