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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
• 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.
  • dr.john_martin@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.john Martin" <dr.john_martin03@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: dr.john_martin@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:55:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR PARTNERSHIP REQUIRED URGENTLY



Dr. John Martin,
Executive Manager,
Unity Bank Plc,
Senegal,
Attention: Director/Ceo.
YOUR PARTNERSHIP REQUIRED URGENTLY
I am Dr. John martin, Executive Manager of Unity Bank Plc Senegal. A contractor made a deposit in this Bank since 2003 valued at USD$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars), upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we discovered from his contract employers, that the depositor had died. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a (WILL) to anybody. And the money is still sitting in our Bank.
However my proposal to you is that I want to front you as his (Next of kin/Beneficiary), if you are interested in this transaction forward the following information to me so I can advice you on how we are going to execute this deal in on your behalf.
1) Your Full names:
2) Your Address in full:
4) Home/office phone number:
5) Cell number
6) Occupation
7) Sex/Age:
Please note that you should forward the above requested information through this my alternative e-mail address: - (Dr.john_martin@yahoo.co.in).
Regards,
Dr. John Martin
Executive Manager,
Unity Bank Plc.



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