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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:
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • hellen_jars@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "hellen jars" <joy_jas220@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hellen_jars@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:35:20 +0100
Subject: hellen_jars@yahoo.com


Hello My Dear,
Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you. The following information is my purpose for seeking a God fearing, sincere and trust-worthy foreign business partner who will please take me as his own and act on my behalf.
I am miss Hellen Jars, the only dougther of Jars Mendy (The managing director of oil company. he died in sudan during the war Then, i managed to escape for my dear life and ran another country, (DAKAR) the capital of (SENEGAL) where my father's wealth is.
Before my father died, and i am the beneficiary of his whealth, In accordance with paragraph 9(ii) of his last Testamentary Disposition as directed by him, my daddy made me his Next of Kin to the sum of USD$ 9.7 Million in his Domicilary USDollar account with Islamic Regional Trust bank PLCof senegal. Now my dear, this information i revealed to you is my life, and i beleive you will never betray me This is as regards the distribution of all sums standing in his name in his USD Savings and Current Account with Islamic Regional trust bank PLC dakar senegal So 1 need your assistance to help me claim and transfer this money into your company or private bank account in your country and as soon as( IRTB)bank transfers the money into your bank account, Upon the declaration of your interest i will email you with the contact information of the International Remittance Department of the Islamic bank of senegal, and provide you with any necessary document needed for you to claim the money on
my behalf. the documents are with me here.You can as well reached me with this email (hellen_jars@yahoo.com <mailto:hellen_jars@yahoo.com>)
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your daughter?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question.
Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible.
sincerely regards
Hellen Jars.

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