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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • captjamesbrian06@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • captbrian@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt.Brian James" <captjamesbrian06@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:48:54 +0200
Subject: MATTER OF URGENCY


Dear Friend,
I am Captain Brian James of the US Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace –keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq.
Please listen attentively,
On the 11th day of August 2006, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in a suburb not too far from Karbala here in Iraq. After Immediate intervention, we captured three (3) of the Terrorists, twenty-six (26) were killed leaving seven (7) injured.
 
In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for late Ayman al-Zawahiri  and took us to a cave in Karbala which served as their camp. Here we recovered several guns, bombs and other Ammunitions including some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, one filled with hard drugs(cocaine) and the other two to my amazement contain some US Dollars amounting to $7.2M after I and two of my junior intelligent officers counted them. I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy.
 
I am in keenly need of a “Reliable and Trustworthy” person like you who would receive, secure and protect the two boxes containing the US Dollars for me up on till my assignment elapses in here in Iraq. I assure and promise to give you 25% of this fund, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this business….
 
Please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret to protect my job with the US Monitoring and Peace-Keeping mission. Contact me through my personal email:- captjamesbrian06@aim.com or captbrian@myway.com
 
Sincere regards,
Capt.Brian James.

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