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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)
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • fsfh1919@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul john <jopppaa@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fsfh1919@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:39:24 +0000
Subject: YOUR NEW YEAR COMPENSATION



Beloved Firend,

How are you and your family? it has being a long time, obviously you may get
upset when reading this mail but after you perused the content very well, you shall smile at the end.
Please take it for it's just nature and do not blame yourself because you
did not finish this deal with me. We hope all is well with you all there? We also
hope that this mail meets you in a perfect and suitable condition. On behalf of myself and my
trusted colleagues here regarding to the unfinished transaction we had with you
then. We are using this opportunity to thank you and your family very dearly
for your great effort to our unfinished transaction due to one reason or the other
best known to you. But we want to inform you that we have successfully
transferred the fund out of my country to someone else account who was capable
of assisting us in repatriating the fund out here to his country.

Due to your kind efforts, sincerity, courage and trustworthy you shown at the
process of the transaction then. we therefore like to compensate you and your
family by showing our gratitude to you with the sum of $985,000.00. (Nine
Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand) only. On authorization, we have authorized the finance
house where my colleagues and myself deposited some of our monies to issue you
a certified international bank draft that is cashable at any location of your
country banks. My dear friend, we will like you to contact the finance house for the
collection of this international certified bank draft that is cashable at any
banks in your country. The name and contact address of the finance house in brief is as follows.

FIRST SECURITIES AND FINANCE HOUSE PLC
Email: fsfh1919@gmail.com
CONTACT PHONE: 234 808732826
MR. EMPEROR JAMES (CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER)

At the moment, myself is very busy somewhere now due to the investment
projects which my new re-assisted partner and myself are having at hand like as I told
you then that i am going to invest together with you if we get to the root of
the transaction but is unfortunate you couldn't.

Finally, remember that for security reasons the money is not in my country now
and I have fax/forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to
send the bank draft to you as soon as you contacted them without delay. Please I
will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of our
Godly heart.

Thanks and may God bless you and your family. Hope to hearing from you sooner
you contacted the Finance House for the collection of the certified international bank draft.

Yours faithfully & Partner,
Harrison John (Nigeria, Resides At Monaco Western
Europe)

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