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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 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.
  • john_mensa2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john mensa <johnmens_a37@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: john_mensa2007@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:35:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello mike


Hello mike

I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate elations of my Deceased Client who died with his family in a car crash on 5th August 2003 .Please I need your assistance to repatriate the sum of (US$7.5 million) U.S dollars which my Deceased Client left behind in a Finance Company.

The Account containing this fund has been dormant since his demise and the Finance Company is threatening to confiscate the fund as "Unclaimed Deposit". Rather leaving the fund confiscated; based on the fact that you share the same last name with my Deceased Client I seek your consent and assistance to nominate you as my Deceased Client's Relation underlegal process and risk free to repatriate the fund as I have the jurisdiction as the Deceased's P.A to testify the Deceased's Relation.

Also I have the documents to complete the transaction. What I require is your willingness to assist me and to treat the transaction as confidential.Contact me for further information and commencement of the transaction.

Yours faithfully,
John Mensa..

Private Email: john_mensa2007@yahoo.com


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