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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • kevindavis77@hotmail.com
  • jmj272@hotmail.com
  • ramadafrank@hotmail.com
  • gtaction@hotmail.com
  • villaez@yahoo.com
  • tealbike@netzero.net
  • damasco125h@hotmail.com
  • picturemon@juno.com
  • calvertbrian@hotmail.com
  • bumble154@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Apache <apache@rh01.acelis.net> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:30:21 +0100
Subject: {Spam?}

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net,jdodge@snet.net,team222@paonline.com,erolsommer@yahoo.com,ocikerr@aol.com,jump947@pobox.com
Subject: Urgent Response
From: Franklin William <franklin_william77@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: franklin_william77@yahoo.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

FROM: Sergeant. Franklin William
Important Message
Good day,
My name is Sergeant. Franklin William, I am an American Soldier, I
am serving in the US Army of D Company, 2ndBattalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, Iraq, as you know we are being
attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.
We discovered some funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s
family. The total amount of money found was much but
we were able to divert the sum US$25 Million dollars
in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. This money was kept
in a safe place for a long time now but we are no
longer comfortable with it to avoid been implicated
hence we want to move this money to you ASAP, so that
you may keep our share for banking. You can as well
click on the site below for more details about the
funds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
we are ready to compensate you with good percentage of
the funds, No strings attached, just for you to help
us move it out of Iraq , Iraq is a war zone. We plan
on using diplomatic means to shipping the money out as
military cargo, using diplomatic immunity. If you are
interested I will send you the full details, my job is
to find a good partner that we can trust
and that will assist us. Can I trust you? When you
receive this letter,
kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest
including your most confidential telephone numbers for
quick communication also your contact details. This is
risk free as we have perfected all plans to move the
cargo out Iraq without problem.
Respectfully,
Sergeant. Franklin William

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