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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • juarezc82@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Cynthia Juarez <juarezc82@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: cynthiajean07@live.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:17:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Beloved


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: juarezc82@yahoo.com



- From Mrs. Cynthia Jean Juarez 19 Seagraves Road, Fulham, London SW6 1RP, United Kingdom. Dear Friend, Compliment of the season to you, I am Mrs. Cynthia Jean Juarez, a citizen of United States of America but I am based in London. I am a gold merchant, I spend all my life on investment and corporate business, unfortunately I lost my husband and my two beautiful kids on the 24th November 2001 Cross air aircraft crash of the 97-seat Jumbling Aero RJ-100 aircraft en route from Berlin, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland. The aircraft crashed in poor weather conditions as it approached Zurich airport. On 24th November, 2008, I went for a medical check up, and my personal doctor confirmed to me that I have a lung cancer which can easily take off my life soon. I found it uneasy to survive myself, I quickly called a pastor to give me positive thinking on this solution and he advised me to donate all I have to the less-privileged in the society since I don't have any child that will inherit it. I have decided to donate the fund which I deposited with a security company US$3.5 Million (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to a non-governmental, or a non religious, or a non profit Organization or better still an individual that will utilize this money the way I have instruct here in. I want the Organization, or an individual, that will use this gift which comes from my sweat to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children. I am writing this letter to any Organization or better still an individual that will utilize this money the way I have instructed. And as soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact information of my attorney whom I have entrusted everything regarding the claim of this fund from the security company where the fund was deposited. He will assist you secure all the required documents to make sure you claim this fund, and also a Letter of Authority will be issue to you on my behalf on this regards, making you the original beneficiary of this fund with other related documents. Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from you soon and God bless you and members of your family. Best Regards Mrs. Cynthia Jean Juarez

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