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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
• 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.
  • johnmark2999@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?john=20mark?= <johnmark2999@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: johnmark700@myway.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:28:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PROPOSITION:


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: johnmark2999@yahoo.co.uk

FROM:MR.John Mark

575 Finchley Road

London NW3 7BJ,U.K.

UNITED KINGDOM.

PROPOSITION:

My name is MR.John Mark. I am the credit manager and the account officer of a foreigner named Gerard St.Germain who died in an air crash along with

his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian

airline 990,with otherpassengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html

I am managing the deposit account of the late Gerard St Germain where i have access to some vital information as to how the funds will

be paid to the next of kin. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make

claims for this money as his heir,because they all

died in the same accident, him and the wife, Yvette St.Germain (May their soul rest in

peace). The bank cannot release the funds from his

account unless someone applies for the claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated

in their banking guidelines.

I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all

documentations will be carefully worked out by me and my colleague for the funds valued (US$15,000,000.00) to be released in

your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. After four years the bank is

permitted by law of UK to send the money to the treasury as unclaimed

bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank.It is on this basis,

that i decided to seek for whom shall be used as

the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance to this noble offer by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name and address in order for me to to get a probate for the transfer of the funds in your name. 2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual discussion.Upon your acceptance, I shall give you my direct telephone number so that we can discuss freely.We shall be compensating you with four million

dollars(US$4Million Dollars) on final conclusion of this project for

your assistance,US$1Million Dollars shall be for any unforssen expenses,while the remaining US$10 Million will be shared between me and my

colleague.If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact meimmediately,if not please disregard this email.

Regards,

MR.John Mark



- john mark

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