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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.
  • dr_johnsmith44@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.JOHN SMITH" <dr_johnsmith55@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:06:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FROM LONDON


YOUR PAYMENT FROM LONDON

For The Kind Attention Of : Friend,

This is to notify you about the statue of your fund right now in our desk.
After due vetting and evaluation of your contract file which The
Ministry Of Finance Of Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and
contracted us to see toyour immediate payment.

From our findings you have been going through hard ways by paying
alot of charges to see to release of your fund which has been delayed.
Stop further communication with any corrospondence from Nigeria.
You have not to pay any charges to recieve your contract fund
anymore as you have meet up with the whole requirements , your
representatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own
risk.

The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident Clearance
Form/Reciept which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here
in United Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us for
handling/processing of your payment with other contractors.
We will help you to see that you obatin the form so that our sister
company TRANSINTERNATIONAL BANK PLC LONDON will effect immediate
payment of your contract sum.

Will you follow up our directives your fund will reflect in your
account with five working days from the day you obtain this form.
Do not go through anybody again but through this Group if you really
want your fund.

Direct all message to our alternative email address:
dr_johnsmith44@hotmail.com

Congratulation in advance.

Regards,
Dr.Johnson Smith.

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