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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:
  • "million 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 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.
  • leo_james_2000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "leo james" <leojames004@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:38:45 +0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER.

FROM: MR. LEO JAMES
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
leo_james_2000@yahoo.com(private email address)


ATTN: DIRECTOR,


My name is MR.LEO JAMES, the Chief Auditor of
First National Bank of South Africa (F.N.B). There is
an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990
nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records, I discovered
that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited.

The owner of this account is Mr. B. Andreas Smith, a
foreigner and a Miner at Kruger Gold Company. A
Geologist by profession died in 1990. No one knows
about this account or anything concerning it the
account has no other beneficiary and the investigation
proves to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount in the
account at the moment is US$10 Million Dollars (Ten
Million United States Dollars).

As the money is in United States Dollars I need a
foreign partner/account to transfer the money overseas
thus I am contacting you. Please kindly indicate and
if so contact me on the above phone numbers to enable
me inform you on next step to take.

I need your full co-operation to make this transaction
work because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information
on this account, which I will give you if you indicate
your interest.

I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict
confidence because this opportunity will never come
again in my life. I need truthful person in this
business relationship because I don’t want to make any
mistake. I need your strong assurance and
confidentiality. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any reliable foreign
account, with assurance that this money will be intact
pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing.

All documents regarding this transaction will be
destroyed once I receive confirmation of the money in
your account thus leaving no trace to anything. I
will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately on
confirmation to receive this fund into your designated
bank account with appropriate clearance forms from the
Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.

At the conclusion of this business you will be given
25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, while 5%
will be for any expenses that we might incurs during
the course of this transaction.

sendl me mail with my private mail,leo_james_2000@yahoo.com
immediately you receive this message for more details.

Best Regards,
MR.LEO JAMES.
(Chief Auditor).

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