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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 us 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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• 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.
  • mrsfarza900@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amrsfarza900@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "myoffice2001 Gazeta.pl" <myoffice2001@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: farkarb200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:35:32 +0100
Subject: URGENT


Dr Mrs Fareeza Al-Karbouli
House 922,Halal-Babel
Masbah,Baghdad,
Rep. of Iraq

Hello my dear,

PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

My greetings to you and your family.

I wish to apologize for any inconveniences this proposal may cause you as we
have never met or known each other before.I know this will surely come to
you as a big surprise.

I am Mrs Fareeza Al-Karbouli,an Iraqi National from the northen Kurdish town
of Qaradagh.I am the wife of Dr Jamal Al Karbouly,formerly Consultant and
Principal Accountant with Al-Bayji oil refinery, situated 125 miles
(200km)north of Baghdad.

I am writing to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of seven
million five hundred thousand US dollars(US$7.5M) which my late husband
deposited with a finance and security company in Europe.Due to the political
crisis in my country,I am unable to secure entry visa to travel to Europe to
collect the funds.This is why I am soliciting for your help to transfer the
funds to your custody,until I can come and meet you in your country.I intend
using the funds for investment purposes in your country.

I will offer you 25% of the funds as commission for your assistance.70% of
the money is for me, whereas 5% of it shall be used to take care of overall
expenses incurred in the course of the transaction.Though there are still
rooms for more negotiations on this.

I am expecting your urgent response to enable me furnish you with details
and all the relevant documents covering the lodgment of the funds.I will
equally issue a Power of attorney on your behalf,empowering you to receive
the funds on my behalf as the trustee.

For security reasons,you should reply to my alternative
email:mrsfarza900@yahoo.com <email%3Amrsfarza900@yahoo.com>

Please treat with utmost urgency and confidentiality.

Kind Regards,

Dr Mrs Fareeza Al-Karbouli

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