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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:
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • js@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: john smith <cn12_js@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnsmith_bigj@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:43:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: cn12_js@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,



I am John Smith an Attorney to Late Mr. Mark Hammer a foreigner and one of the Leaders in the fishing Industry. Late Mr.Mark Hammer has an account with Afribank which he set up in 2003. He died in 2004 in UK. I received a memo early this year from the international remittance unit of the Bank for an interview about 22M USD that belongs to my client Late Mark Hammer. The Bank informed me on their policy to Freeze the same account and redirect his funds 22M USD back to Afribank treasury because they saw no NEXT OF KIN in his entire file within the bank and his account has been dormant for many years which is against the policy of Bank's.


I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account as the foreign beneficiary to that fund. I have resolved to share the money in this ratio: 45% for me, 30% for you , 20% for the remittance manager in the bank who has agreed to guide us for the success of our objectives and 5% for expenses we might incurred in the processing of this transaction. Note that this transaction is total,and as such, the nature of your business does not matter in the completing of this transaction.


FOR US TO PROCEED:


I will need your full name and address, or any name that you might want us to use in processing the documents of fund release in your favour,and the name of the bank where you might want it processed and transferred/remitted into. I will also need your telephone and fax numbers for oral communications too. I will start the processing of all the legal documents to back up this claim since i am the Attorney to the late account owner, so i have every detail and there will be noting difficult in completing this in few days, immediately you send all the required information. I will give you further details on the entire process when i receive your positive response. On your readiness for us to proceed.


Regards

John Smith Esq.

(Legal Practitioners & Advocates).



- john smith

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