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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031910381 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • johnpaulalphabnk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Paul" <johnpaul393za@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnpaulalphabnk@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:32:16 +0200
Subject: JOHN PAUL

JOHN PAUL
GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION

ALPHA BANK LONDON

66 Cannon Street, London EC4N.


DEAR SIR,


RE:TRANSFER OF 5,250,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.


I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.
Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach
you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.
However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such.


At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and
trouble free to both parties.


IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND

POUNDS STERLINGS) FROM OUR BANK HERE IN LONDON. THE FUND FOR TRANSFER IS OF
CLEAN

ORIGIN. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A FOREIGNER, a program leader who

was believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the

Former IRAQI Government.The deceased died with all the members of his

family in an auto-accident in JUNE 23, 1999 without a WILL. The amount
involved is

[5,250,000.00 POUNDS STERLINGS].


WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I

DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL
COME TO

YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT

IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.


I AM CONTACTING YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND

GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.


Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email. You can also fax or call me for

more details.


Regards,


MR JOHN PAUL


TEL:+44-703-191-0381

FAX:+44-703-186-1480

EMAIL:johnpaulalphabnk@hotmail.com

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