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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • mrs_j_mbeki@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jane" <mrsj_mbeki@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: mrs_j_mbeki@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:25:15 +0100
Subject: Mrs .J. Mbeki

Subject: Mrs. Jane Mbeki
Message: investment opportunity
Ghana,
West Africa.
Tele: +233-21814602
Email: mrs_j_mbeki@yahoo.es ....................

Dear Sir/madam.
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I intend to establish in your country.
Though I have not met with you before but I believe,
one has to risk confiding in somebody to succeed sometimes in life.
U.S dollars ($150.Million) which my
late husband kept with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in
Ghana before his death .
Now I have decided to invest these money in your
country or anywhere else safe enough outside
due to family security and political problems. For this reason I need to appoint a foreign partner who can be able to assist me in receiving the funds from
Fiduciary Fund Holders in Ghana and transfer it into his/her
personal account for investment.
purposes on these areas:
1). Telecommunication
2). Energy
3).Real Estate
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased
to offer to you 15% Of the total fund. I await your
soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Jane Mbeki (Mrs.)

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