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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • jaganlee@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • ljagan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Jagan Lee" <jaganlee1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jaganlee@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:46:42 +0800
Subject: Urgent Attention Needed

Hello Sir/madam,

I am barrister Jagan LEE,Family Lawyer to the late Indonesia President Suharto who died on Sunday 27th of January 2008 at the age of 86, after suffering multiple organ failure,you can see all the details on all the news everywhere like this bbc : <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7193517.stm>,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212406.stm.
Well I am contacting you based on the urgency of the matter because we need to move out most of his fund out of the country for safety to avoid the incumbent government from confiscating all his asset since they have order the Attorney General of the Country to start a probe and investigation against him and the family

I seek for your assistance toward reception of the fund in your Country as the family intent to reward you with some percentage which we will agreed upon for your doing this on the behalf of the family if it will interest you to be of assistance
Kindly get back to me via email...jaganlee@yahoo.com <mailto:ljagan@yahoo.com>, or Tel..+60176362115
Thanks for your Understand and hope to hear from you as soon as possible
Barrister Jagan LEE, Esq
+60176362115

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