419 scam: "MRS CECILIA MOORE"<info@admin.org> Contact the Finance House Immediately

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +2347036742821

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS CECILIA MOORE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsdeptoffice@sifymail.co>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:10:40 -0800
Subject: Contact the Finance House Immediately

>From the desk of Mrs Cecilia Moore.

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD,

HEAD OFFICE.WEST AFRICA.

PHONE: +2347036742821

Attn:Beneficiary,

I want to inform you that the International Lottery board in conjuction with the Walls Security and Finance home, have come to the decision to send you, your draft valued $500.000.00 {Five hundred thousand US DOLLARS only}

WALLS SECURITY AND FINANCE HOME, HEAD OFFICE is aware that you never received your draft from the International lottery Board which you won as the registeration file on your behalf detail's and we really apologize for it.Your draft have been deposited with the Walls Security and Finance home and will be deliver to you. You will have to contact the authourized agent in custody of your draft check, with the below informations:Your full Name, Home Address and Telephone Number.

Do not also accept any fax or telephone calls that do not come from the WALLS SECURITY AND FINANCE HOME HEAD OFFICE. The Finance Agent is the only person International Lottery Board instructed to deliver the draft to you.Therefore, I implore you to contact them immediately you read this message for further information on how to receive your draft successfully via a smooth process.

In view of this, you are to contact Wall security and Finance Agent in the person of Mr.Clark Anderson.

WALLS SECURITY AND FINANCE HOME HEAD OFFICE.

Contact Person: Mr Clark Anderson.

Contact E-mail Address: claimsdeptoffice@sifymail.com

Note: He is waiting to hear from you so that he can ship the ICBD to your residence or office address as you may instruct him to.Also bear in mind that the International Cashier Bank Draft has a validity period of 30 banking days, as such, it is expedient you contact him and thus have modality put in place to conclude this arrangement in the earliest possible time.

Congratulation once again.

Thanks

Mrs Cecilia Moore

For:INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.

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