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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.JOHN WILSON COLE"<info@compensation.com>
Reply-To: <mr.larrycoldswaet003@live.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:01:57 -0800
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)(.mr.larrycoldswaet003@live.com)


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: CBN HOUSE TINUBU SQUARE,
ELEKE CRESCENT-VICTORIA ISLAND,
MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
P.O.BOX 55037 FALOMO IKOYI,MARINA LAGOS .
TEL/FAX: 234 1 7934460 / +234-709-306-9943

CONTACT AGENT:MR.LARRY COLDSWAET
EMAIL ACCOUNT NAME:(mr.larrycoldswaet003@live.com)




DATE: 11/01/2009.


THIRD QUARTER PAYMENT FOR SCAM VICTIMS FUNDS#:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/008.


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,


THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THE NIGERIAN SENATE HOUSE DELAGATED FROM
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS RESOLVED TO PAY 100 NIGERAIN 419 SCAM VICTIMS WHO HAS
LOST MONEY OR HAS BEEN HARRASED BY SCAM MAILS THE SUM OF $1,500,000 ONE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH .YOU RAE VERY LUCK TO HAVE BEEN AMONGST ONE
OF THE LUCKY ONE WHO
HAS BEEN PICKED FOR THIS QUATER PAYMENT AS ONE OF THE SCAM VICTIMS WHICH ARE
BEING COMPENSATED.


YOUR PARTICULARS,NAME,AND INFORMATION WAS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE SYNDICATES
WHO WAS ARRESTED IN LAGOS NIGERIA AS ONE OF THEIR VICTIMS OF THE SCAM
OPERATION,YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED NOT TO COMMUNICATE OR DUPLICATE THIS MESSAGE TO
HIM FOR ANY REASON WHAT SO EVER,THE US SECRET SERVICE IS ALREADY ON TRACE OF
THE CRIMINALS.


MEANWHILE, A WOMAN CAME TO OUR OFFICE WITH A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION,CLAIMING
TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE. HERE ARE HER INFORMATIONS FOR YOU TO CONFIRM TO
THIS OFFICE IF THIS WOMAN IS TRULY FROM YOU OR NOT SO THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO ANY WRONG ACCOUNTS.

CLAIMS NAME : MRS.JANET COLE.
ACCOUNT NAME: MRS.JANET COLE.
PHONE NUMBER: +44-940-225-4356

PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS
FROM YOU SO TO AVOID PAYING TO THE WRONG PERSON.AND IF NOT PROVIDE YOUR FULL
DETAILS AS SHOWN IN THE BELOW FORM TO HIM SO THAT YOUR BANK DRAFT CHEQUE CAN BE
SENT TO YOUR ADDRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CONTACT THE AGENT INCHARGE WITH YOUR FOLLOWING DETAILS BELOW:

CLAIMS NAME:MR.LARRY COLDSWAET
ACCOUNT NAME(mr.larrycoldswaet003@live.com)
PHONE NUMBER: +234-803-695-7486



YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL AND SEND YOUR INFORMATIONS AS STATED BELOW FOR
VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR FUND VALUED US $1.5 MILLION (ONE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) WILL BE REMITTED TO YOUR ADDRESS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.THIS FUND IS A TOKEN OF SINCERITY AND APOLOGY FROM OUR GOVERNMNET TO YOU AS A FORM
OF COMPENSATION.

INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU FOR VERIFICATION IS AS FOLLOWS:

1.YOUR NAME:..........................
2.YOUR FULL ADDRESS:..................
3.YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:...........
4.FAX:................................
5.AGE:................................
6.SEX:................................
7.YOUR OCCUPATION:....................
8.ANY COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION:.....


AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THESE INFORMATIONS FROM YOU, WE SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL
NECESSARY PROCEDURES IN OTHER TO REMIT THIS MONEY WHICH IS INFORM OF A
CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT CHEQUE.


HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID
MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM
TODAY. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THE DELAY IN TRANSFERRING OF THIS
FUND MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU.

YOUR URGENT ATTENTION WILL BE HIHGLY APPRECIATED.

DR.JOHN WILSON COLE
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

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