419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
- +2347032765609 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mr.davidben2011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Susan Edward." <admin@slihgc.com>
Reply-To: mr.davidben2011@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 04:18:58 +0800
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/210 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $800,
000.00 USD ONLY..

SCAMMED VICTIM/210 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $800,000.00 USD ONLY..

This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the United Nations to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional payment Office to pay 210 scam victims $800,000.00 USD (eight Hundred Thousand Dollars only) each.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $800,000 USD compensations funds.On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various individual to scam artist operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 210 victims of this operators $800,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N.recommendations. Due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking Systems in Federal Republic of Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by UN officials sitting at IMF(International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional Payment Office as corresponding payment center under funding assistance by United Nation body.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 170 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more 40 left to be paid the compensations of $800,000.00 USD each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. Secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.

Other victims who have not been Contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. At this point you are advise to contact the our authorized payment unit in charge to enable them commence with the transfer of your funds immediately with the information below:

Contact Mr. David Ben on the following in-formations below,

Mr. David Ben (Compensation Center Director)
Email: mr.davidben2011@gmail.com
Phone Number +234-7032765609

Do contact Mr. David Ben via his contact details above and furnish him with your in-formations as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
COUNTRY: __________________________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________
DRVING LICENSE I'D: _____________________

Please you are advice to stop any communication with any person or Body that you are currently paying money to due to transaction which you have online with the person.Please let us know right now via email or telephone your present dealing online, so we can help you verify the authenticity of the transaction which you are presently involved in, so you don't get scammed. Please also send me prof of payment in any previous scam.If you still have any,(optional). I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Susan Edward.
United Nation Representative

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