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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27838797114 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: John Asher <jo101b@msn.com>
Reply-To: <john.asher@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:05:07 +0000
Subject: Get Back To Me



JOHN ASHERCHEIF AUDITOR/ACCOUNTANT FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (FNB),JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICATEL:+27-83-879-7114. Fax: +27-11-507-6496.
Attn: Sir/Madam,
My name is John Asher. An account officer to late Mr. Craig Jones who use to worked for an oil firm in South Africa. Mr. Craig Jones a well known Philanthropist before he died, made a WILL stating that $15.2Million (Fifteen million, two hundred thousand U.S. dollars only) should be donated as a Philanthropic Gesture oversea to any beneficiary that will be randomly picked of which your email emerged as the lucky one selected.
I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing me as the account officer to produce the beneficiary of this fund within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as inline with the financial law of my country. It is my utmost desire to execute the WILL of my late client as was instructed when he was alive.
You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated official account or your off-shore account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit. Please, act fast.
Please include your phone and fax numbers as you are replying this mail.
Congratulation as I await your urgent reply via my email.
Regards,John Asher

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