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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "million 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)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045786650 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jimi.kyy@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ky jimi" <ky.jimi951@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:49:42 -0700
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION


*DEAR SIR/MADAM,

URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $40.9 MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN YOUR
COUNTRY AFTER WHICH YOU WILL GET 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM,ALSO BE AWARE THAT YOU
WILL GET ANOTHER 40% FROM THE PROFIT FROM THE INVESTMENT WHICH YOU WILL ACT
AS THE FUND MANAGER.

I AM MR JIMI KY,THE DIRECTOR OF ADUIT AND ACCOUNTS WITH THE ECOWAS REGIONAL
OFFICE IN BENIN REPUBLIC.I AM ON A THREE MONTHS FRESHMENT COURSE IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.**THE FUND IN QUESTION WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE ADUITING OF
THE CONTRACT PAYMENT ACCOUNT OF THE COMMISSION.I THEREFORE SEEK FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE TO HAVE THE FUND TRANSFERED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR A JOINT
BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS VERY FREE OF DRUG,TERRORIST FUND AND MONEY LAUNDERING
OR ANOTHER OTHER RELATED ACTS.THIS FUND COMES FROM OVERINVOICED CONTRACTS
SUM FROM GOVERNMENT AND ECOWAS PROJECTS WHICH THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACT SUM HAS
BEEN PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR LEAVING THE OVERINOICED SUM OF $40.9M USD.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION ,DO CALL ME ON MY PHONE NUMBER OR
SEND AN EMAIL TO MY EMAIL WITH YOUR FULL NAMES,ADDRESS,PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS,OCCUPATION FOR MORE DETAILS AND HOW TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT.
PLEASE DO REPLY THROUGH EMAIL,jimi.kyy@gmail.com,jimi.kyy@live.com*
* *

*IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED,PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

REGARDS,
MR JIMI KY.
+447045786650
*

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam