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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 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.
  • +447024071464 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mralexjohn@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.JAMES MOORE" <drjamesmoore_8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mralexjohn@mail.ru>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:58:42 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS NOTIFICATION FROM UNITED NATIONS









UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK :(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONALPAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 19-A NEW YORK NY 10017 WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNITOur Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027ATTN: BENEFICIARY, IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENTWe have actually been authorized by the World Bank and international monetary fund (IMF), to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment, Recommendation and approval of your claims for payment is certified as genuine.During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank, wh o are Trying to divert your Fund into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) and your tra nsfer accesscode(T.A.C), this will enable only you to have direct Control over this fund.We have also agreed with the World Bank and international monetary fund (IMF) that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopel ess situation created by these corrupt Officials. We have obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment, fromthe World Bank and international monetary Funds (IMF).We are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire contract fund/ inheritance claim has been credited in your favor through our paying bank.You are therefore advice to contact: MR.ALEX JOHN LEE International Auditing unit, United Nations LiaisonOffice London-Kingdom on
EMAIL:mralexjohn@mail.ru Tel:-+44 702 4071464 to collect your original payment slip with your pin and transfer access code. As soon as you submit these codes and your payment slip to your bank, they will credit your account without delay.NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO RE COMFIRM YOUR INFOMATIONS TO AVOID TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT.CONGRATULATIONS.DR. JAMES MOOREUNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK.
Email:mralexjohn@mail.ru
Tel:-+44 702 4071464

N/BYou are therefore advice to contact: MR.ALEX JOHN LEE International Auditing unit, United Nations LiaisonOffice London-Kingdom on
EMAIL:mralexjohn@mail.ru Tel:-+44 702 4071464











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