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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.
• 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.
  • bobjackson@zwallet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bob jackson" <bobj-22@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:40:59 +0000
Subject: Thanks for your mail

FROM: BOB JACKSON
LIONS BANK INTERNATIONAL LTD,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

DEAR SIR,

I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS LETTER MIGHT CAUSE YOU, CONSIDERING
THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME IN PERSON. I AM BOB JACKSON, DEPUTY GENERAL
MANAGER, (FOREIGN OPERATIONS) WITH LIONS BANK INTERNATIONAL LTD,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

A CLIENT OF OURS, WHO BEARS THE SAME NAME WITH YOU, ALSO FROM YOUR COUNTRY
DEAD IN EGYPTIAN AIRPLANE CRASH IN 1999 (HTTP://WWW.AIRSAFE.COM/FLT990.HTM)
HE LEFT SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN HIS ACCOUNT IN OUR BANK. THE BANK HAS BEEN
MAKING FRANTIC EFFORTS TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS RELATIVES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE
FUND.

INDECENTLY WE FOUND YOUR NAME THROUGH YOUR COUNTRY'S EMBASSY HERE AND
DECIDED TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE RELATED TO OUR LATE CLIENT, IF YES KINDLY
FORWARD TO US YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS, TO ENABLE US SEND THE FULL DETAILS
TO YOU, ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
BOBJACKSON@ZWALLET.COM

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
BOB JACKSON

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