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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.
• 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.
  • jyjohnson09@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnson yuval <vyuval8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jyjohnson09@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:08:01 +0200
Subject: GREETING FROM MR. JOHNSON YUVAL!!


GREETING FROM MR. JOHNSON YUVAL!!57 VICTORIA STREET, LONDON SW1H, UNITED KINGDOM
MR. JOHNSON YUVAL, I work in the international operation department with NATWEST BANK PLC, LONDON-UK. One of our accounts, with holding balance of £26,000.000.00 (Twenty six million Pounds Sterling has been dormant and last operated for years ago. From my investigations, the owner of the said account, Is a foreigner by name MR. JOHN SHUMEJDA who died along with his entire family in crash at Birmingham Airport on 4th Jan 2002. View this website for verification http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/a-z/a/agco/2002/01/020104-air-crash.htmSince then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of either the account or the funds;I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I Don't know any foreigner, I know that this message wil come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be assured that it is real And A Genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this transaction.I will start the first transfer with Six million Pounds [£6,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.I will provide the necessary information needed in order to transfer this money,but you will need to send me an account where this can be transferred,It can be an EMTY account.I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached.At the conclusion of this business, you will be giving 30% of the total amount, 70% will be for me. I look forward to your earliest reply for more details at ( jyjohnson09@excite.com)Yours Sincerely,Mr.Johnson yuval.

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