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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 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.
  • khalid.jmajid@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR.KHALID JUMA <khalidj.majid@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: khalid.jmajid@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:39:45 +0400
Subject: Between Us


Between Us

FROM THE DESK MR.KHALID JUMA AL MAJIID

Head of Auditing in Accounting Department National Bank of Dubai Branch =
office Al Musaffah Industrial Area in Abu Dhabi ,

I have a late client in my bank which deposited USD17.5Million United States =
Of American Dollars, in his account, The account has been lying dominant for =
the past five year now since the account holder or the diseased person is =
late with his wife the next of kin /Beneficiary on Gaza crises and I will be =
retiring from service in the next 6 Month so I need to use you as the next of =
kin /Beneficiary of the said amount to move it into your personal account in =
your country based on agreeable percentage between two of us.
Please contact me urgently for more clarification/details on my private email =
khalid.jmajid@yahoo.com

Best Regard's
MR.KHALID JUMA

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