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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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 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.
  • +447924039090

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Richard Brown"<mrrichardabrin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrrichardabrown@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:05:23 +0100
Subject: Confidential Please.

                             INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

WEST- MINSTER ZONAL COMMAND

ENGLAND

TELEPHONE: +447924039090

Our ref:IHRO/RXX/07 motto: protection of human rights

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

My Name is Richard Brown, representative of International Human Rights Organization (IHRO). With respect to Category ‘A’ of Human rights conduct act of 2007 on overdue payment and our overall goal of the Sectional Periodic Review that is, to improve the human rights situation in every country, address human rights violations wherever they occur, restore peace and sanitize the global society. The research team of this Organization in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Organization conducted a survey on contracts, impending payment and beneficiary fund in the Office of foreign debt settlement (FDS) in Africa and Europe.

The result of the findings during the survey initiated a crucial meetings with the Office of the Presidency, some representative from United Nations Organization, World bank and international monetary fund (IMF)representatives about alleviating this default payment. The conclusion of the meeting was that the English Government should make available list of people to be paid which is being assisted by the World Bank as one of the ways of keeping peace.

We had received an Authoritative letter to conduct this payment with list of names to be paid during this exercise. In other to justify the rationale for your nomination for this grant, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with this Organization. Now we are presently in London solely to conduct this payment to ensure that the right beneficiary get the specific approved fund with every transparency and avoidance of any kind of corruption in the hands of the Officers.

Am glad to announce to you that the sum of US$ 5Million (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) has been attached to your name among the listed names to be paid. Your payment information is as follows:

1. Payment reference number….FGN/005/PR/NG

2. Allocation amount …..US$5MILLION.

3. Password number….FUND RELEASE/9955104

4. Certificate of merit payment number...45084JB.

You have to keep this information safe, because you might be asked any moment to reconfirm it. You are requested to forward to us these basic information:

1 Your full name...

2 Your full contact address...

3 Your Direct tel number.......

4 Occupation..........

These information is a proper means to verify your file, to avoid any irregularity. As a matter of fact, it has come to our notice that most criminal syndicate has employed this opportunity to defraud innocent people, We warn you not to correspond to any unknown contact made to you without confirming from this office for prove as you might be lured with a similar opportunity that may sound interesting. For more enquires and further directives, we anticipate your urgent response or you can call +447924039090.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr Richard Brown.

Rep. IHRO.

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