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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • jonesglass4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jones Glass <j_glass105@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: jonesglass4@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:20:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear beloved


Dear beloved,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my e-mail does not meet your personal ethical standards. I am mr,Jones Glass, a member of staff in the accounts management section of a well-known bank in the United Kingdom .

One of our accounts with a holding balance of £15,000,000 has been dormant for the past five years. From my investigations I have confirmed that the owner of this account is a foreigner by the name of Gerald Stone, who died on the 4th of January 2002 in Birmingham in the UK .

Since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money as he has no family member who is aware of the existence of either the account or the funds. Information from the National Immigration Agency also states that he was single on entry into the UK .

I have discussed this issue confidentially with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of the deceased, and have the funds released to you after due processes have been followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug trafficking, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.

If you are interested, do let me know so I can provide further details.

Regards
Mr. Jones glass.-Reply to(jonesglass4@yahoo.com)


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