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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • +2347071127817
• 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.
  • anti-fraudunit@national-champs.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ICPC"<mrs.aprilking@strompost.com>
Reply-To: <anti-fraudunit@national-champs.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:33:52 -0700
Subject: PLEASE BE INFORMED!

FROM: ICPC NIGERIA
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission
Head Office: Plot 802, Constitution Avenue
Zone A9 Central Area
P. M.B 535, Garki Abuja




Dear Sir/Madam

You are being contacted by this office today because your Case File (Ai) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet. From our intelligent investigations and Probing

processes we discovered that your email address was among the SPAM violated list, victim of fraud/funds delay by the Nigeria Scammers.

In view of these recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN and EFCC 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 scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, In other to retain the good image of this great country, the

president (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua) has instructed the payment of $150,000.00 ( One Hundred and Fifity Thousand United State Dollars) to victims each via Stanbic IBTC Bank

Plc under the funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 85 beneficiaries has been paid. We still have more left to be paid the compensation. Your settlement sum of $150,000.00 (One

Hundred Fifty Thousand United Stated Dollars) only will be actualized within 48hours after your response to this Official Letter.


Contact person: Fred Evans
Legal Officer ICPC
E-mail: anti-fraudunit@national-champs.com
Tel: +234 7071127817


Yours in Service,
Calista Ugo (Mrs)
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam