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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • johnowen3960@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnowenarts@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 00:03:17 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20Attention=20Needed?=

Hello,
My name is John Owen and I am an artist. I live in United Kingdom, with
my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely
a full house. I majored in art in high school and took a few college art
courses. Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with
color pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the
computer. I have been selling my art for the last 4 years and have had my
work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines. I have sold in
galleries and to private collectors from all around the world.

With due regards to you, I am contacting you in confidence to assist me
in fulfilling an obligation on behalf of my late customer, Mr. James H.Browne
(An American) who died together with his wife and two kids during the Hurricane
Katrina disaster that affected the Gulf Coast of New Orleans.

He was a successful businessman, humble and honesty. His wife and their
two kids, Mary and Peter reside in their family house along the Gulf Coast
of New Orleans where he joined the family after his last transaction with
me.
Unfortunately, it was during this time that he met his untimely death in
New Orleans together with his family as the Hurricane Katrina took them
by surprise.

During our business transactions, I assisted him to deposit of US$10.6M(Ten
Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in a security company here in United
Kingdom, which I will disclose to you.

Since his death, I always face serious difficulties when it comes to selling
my art works to Americans.
I am looking for a company/individual who will Stand as Next of Kin to get
these Funds out from the security company. I will give 35% of the total
Funds to you. But the problem I have is trust, If you are interested, contact
me to my private email address;
Johnowen3960@fastermail.com.

Regards
John Owen.

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