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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "jimclark123 Gazeta.pl" <jimclark123@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mr.jimclark@workmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:10:06 +0200
Subject: FROM MR JIM CLARK


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FROM MR JIM CLARK

Dear Friend,

Please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today
through this email, My name is MR JIM CLARK, A Bill and Exchange Manager in
First National Bank of South Africa. In my department, during the Auditing
of the year 2007, I discovered an abounded sum of NINETEEN MILLION, THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($19,300,000.00) that belongs to our
Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American prominent man who unfortunately lost
his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on
January 31st 2000. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N
News internet website below.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/***

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*I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this huge sums of
money left behind by my late client to the tune of $19,300.000.00,
(Nineteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) out from
First National Bank of South Africa to your own account, he executed
contract through Department of Work and Housing here in South Africa and the
mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before his death.
Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, I will pay you 40% of
the total sum for your co-operation in this matter while 5% will be set
aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer
and also telephone bills, while 55% will be for me*. *If you know that you
are interested and capable to handle this business transaction, come up with
the information's showed below: - **
1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Contact Cell Phone Number:*

*3.Your Age: *

*4.Your Sex:*

*5.Your Occupations:*

*** 6.Your Country and City:*

*As soon as possible all these information's is submitted to me, I will
immediately draft an application form with all your information's and send
back to you, so that you will proceed with the transaction by sending the
form to (F.N.B) for the transferring of this fund into your account

Email:[mr.jimclark@live.co.uk]

Yours

Faithfully,
Mr. JIM CLARK,**




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