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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "with absolute secrecy" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a orphan 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_garang14@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: junior garang <juniorgarang144@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <john_garang14@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:03:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE YOUR HELP IS HIGHLY NEEDED.......



I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics, which I feel may be of great disturbance to your personal life, But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health.

My name is Junior.J.Garang i am the son of the late General John Garang who was a former rebel leader and later became the Vice President of Sudan for three weeks before he died in a Ugandan presidential helicopter he was traveling in which crashed in the mountains in southern Sudan on Monday August 1st 2005.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm.

After the death of my father the President of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir placed an embargo on my late father's assets during his speech on January 2nd 2006 which made me to flee from my country to another country where the United Nations granted me refuge under political asylum camp in the Federal Republic of Ghana.

I want you to know that before my father died he deposited $60,000,000.00 USD (Sixty Million United State Dollars) in a security company here in Ghana and stated that without a foreign beneficiary the funds should not be released to me,that is the main reason i am contacting you to be my foreign beneficiary and technical adviser.

Now i have decided to invest this money.I am soliciting for your assistance to help me secure
this fund to your holding on my behalf and assist me in investing this funds in any lucrative business.

I will like to invest part of the money into these three investment but, if there is any other business that is better than what I am suggesting, I will be very glad to follow your advice.

1). Real estate.
2). The transport industry.
3). Hotels management.

If you can be of assistance to me i will be pleased to offer you 35% of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you.I await your soonest response, if you're interested in helping me out and thanks for your anticipating co-operation.

If you are not interested please destroy the mail because of the confidentiality attached to it.I promise that this transaction will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.

Sincerely Yours,
Junior.J.Garang.
Email:john_garang14@yahoo.co.uk


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