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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • johnson_richard89@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "larrysmithoffice" <larrysmithoffice@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:11:29 -0600
Subject: Hello


Dear Friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition. I am using this opportunity to thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known.
But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to someone else account who was capable of assisting me in this great venture.
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $1,000,000.00. I have authorized Mr. Richard Johnson where I deposited my money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your bank. Note that this money is in Union Bank as we speak.
My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr.Richard Johnson for the collection of this international certified bank draft.
The name and contact address is as follows.
Name: Mr. Richard Johnson
Email: johnson_richard89@yahoo.ca
Contact Mr. Richard Johnson. At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which myself and my new partner are having at hand In London. Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to the Mr. Richard Johnson on your behalf to send the bank draft check of One Million United State Of America Dollars to you as soon as you contact him without delay. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards
Larry Smith.
N;B So sorry for have contacted you for so long it was due to the fact that i was responding to medical treatment i went for surgery and ever since I came back I couldn't locate you until i finally made it. That was why I am contacting you back to inform you that I finally made it
as a result of this I had to compensate you with this offer.

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