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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040103171 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • john_collins009@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "John Collins" <jc10011@msn.com>
Reply-To: john_collins009@myway.com
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:35:38 +0000
Subject: FROM MR JOHN COLLINS TO YOU

FROM MR JOHN COLLINS
40 WOODALE ST.
EAST WAY,
UK, LONDON
Tel:+ 44-70-4010-3171
Emails:john_collins009@myway.com

This is an official notification of funds deposited.

We arrange for the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and
baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non
Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said
benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary
of a package containing some amount of money.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the
benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's
identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.
The funds totals US$7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any
liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and
are available in the form of CASH.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for
verification with information contained in our database in the format
stated below. After verifying the details with the information we have in
our database,you will be contacted to personally claim the funds in the
Finance and Security Firm in Europe where its being kept with the
Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) that will empower you to do so.
This Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) is what is needed to claim
the funds and will only be sent to you after all your information has
been verified and confirmed to be true.

The information should therefore be sent in the manner stated below so
as to ensure that no mistake is made.

Your Full Name: __________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code) :_________________
Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):______________
Direct Telephone/Mobile Number: ______________________
Fax Number:____________________
The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence: _____________________

Complete the above and send back to me as soon as possible
I await your response Urgently or you can better still
rich me through this email addres:john_collins009@myway.com

Congratulations in advance.

MR JOHN COLLINS



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