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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (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.
  • jmensah@delfi.lv (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN MENSAH" <johnmen4@myway.com>
Reply-To: jmensah@delfi.lv
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:33:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: PLEASE READ AND LET ME KNOW


Attn: Sir/Madam,My name is Mr John Mensah ,in charge of Credit and Foreign bills of Alpha Merchant Bank Plc in Africa (AMB). I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Bunten Wendy a citizen of United State Of America who died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997. And for your perusal you can view this web site:-http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.listSince the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$7.5M (SEVEN Million Five Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with my branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years,
because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal I will give you 20% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response,I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail jmensah@delfi.lv signifying your decision, including your contact address,private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.Yours Sincerely,Mr. John Mensah

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