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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "samueledem@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: "Samuel Edem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samueledem@live.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:03:47 -0700
Subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZE MR. VICTOR TO CLIAM YOUR FUND
PAYMENT OF CONTRACT NUMBER NNPC/GAD/1177/KD/96-7 VALUED AT US$50M TO LEBANON
This mail should be taken as a matter of urgency and treated with care. We wish to inform you that your fund has been programmed to be transferred to the account below following series of document tendered by your representative Mr. Micheal Jurgen and your lawyer Barrister Egobia John of Egobia and associates.
It was stated in their letter that due to some inevitable circumstance beyond your control (ILL HEALTH) that you will not be able to conclude or carry out your contractor's obligation to receive to your contractual entitlement and therefore wish that the fund should be transferred to Mr. Mou Xinsheng your friend from China that is presently taking care of your business in Lebanon.
Your fund US$50M had been programmed to the be transferred to
LEBANESE BANK SAL
Corporate Head Office
Saint Charles (Mina El Hosn)
St Charles City Center
P.O.Box : 11-2520 Riad El Solh
Beirut 1107-2110 Lebanon
Acount:563-873-9876-907
Cable : LEBCAN
SWIFT : LECALBBE
Beneficiary: Mou Xinsheng
Charles Malek Avenue
Saint Nicolas - Achrafieh
PO/Box : 113-7165
Beirut
And transfer documents had been sent to the office of the Chairman of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Federal Republic of Nigeria for endorement and are mandated to be concluded as a matter urgency.
So if you are not aware or did not sign this, get back to me with the follwoing infomation.
1) Your full name.
2) Phone,fax and mobile
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession,
5) Working d/Int'l passport
And also contact the Federal Executive Council (FEC) through this email helpdesk_federalexecutivecouncil@live.com> to stop the transfer to LEBANESE BANK SAL.
Let see if we can work together to have this funds for our own good. And please get to me only through my personal email<samueledem@live.com>
Samuel Edem
Special Adviser
Foreign debt payment
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