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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • loho_jean@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LOHO JEAN <lh_jean9@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: loho_jean@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:11:03 +0800 (CST)
Subject: MY GREETINGS


FROM: MR. LOHO JEAN
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
ABIDJAN COTE DIVOIRE WEST AFRICA
REPLY EMAIL loho_jean@yahoo.com

ATTN. Pls.
This message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, its just
my Urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
Transaction I am a banker by profession from Cote Divoire in West
Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting
Unit of the bank I have the opportunity of transferring the left over
Funds U.S $17,500,000.00 of one of my bank clients who died along with
His entire family on 31st July 2000 in a plane crash You can confirm
the Geniuses of the deceased death by clicking on this web site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be
Shared between us in the ratio of 50/40 while 10% will be mapped out for
Expenses if you agree to my business proposal. Further details of the
Transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return
Mail, have a great day. Make sure you keep this transaction as your
top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the
account
That you will provide to the bank. Dont disclose it to any body,
Because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of
it,
Mr. Loho Jean

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