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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:

• 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.
  • desjoe01@inbox.com
  • desjoe01@inbox.com
  • desjoe02@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "DESMOND JOE" <desjoe01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: desjoe01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:50:26 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Mr. Desmond Joe
E-mail: desjoe01@inbox.com

Dear,

My name is Mr.Desmond Joe, and I work in the International Operation
Department in a Bank here in London. On a routine inspection I discovered a
dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of £680,950.00 (Six Hundred and
Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty British Pounds) on further discreet
investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has long since
passed away (dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account. The bank will
approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c
is a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he
is dead, and nobody will come again for the claim of this money. A foreigner
can only claim this money with legal claims to the account Holder, therefore
I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this
money, but you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.
If interested send your private Telephone No. And Fax number including full
details of the account to be used for the Deposit. I wish for utmost
confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the future of my
family would be jeopardized if it were breached.

I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due process is
followed accordingly. Finally, I will give you 50% for your corporation.
Contact immediately for more information through my private mail address:
desjoe01@inbox.com or desjoe02@hotmail.com

Sincerely,
Mr.Desmond Joe


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