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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "million 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
  • janan_harb1@walla.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: herb54@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:56:42 +0530 (IST)
Subject: A CALL TO SERVE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrsjanan.herb@yahoo.in

A CALL TO SERVE

- Dear Beloved One,Your first reaction to this mail will be total rejection, scare and may be Unbelievable, owing largely to the atrocities people commit these days on the Internet, But this mail comes from a devastated, sorrowful and emotional Laddered soul that needs compassion from a kind and good spirited person to Wipe away my tears, perhaps when I am gone beyond this sinful world by Investing jointly as partners in your country. I am Mrs.Janan Harb, I was once married to King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz The new King of Saudi Arabia Kingdom and the 11th son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, king Ibn Saud.Who has been on throne since 1982 till after his death On the morning of 1st August, 2005. Though he has been of and on the hospital since after his stroke in the year 1995 and was hospitalized twice in MAY 1999.Before the divorce, He made me to understand that he deposited the sum of (Twenty Seven Million Dollars ) with a finance house in Oversea. I Hereby request for your urgent assistance to help me in this regards, investing the Fund in a joint partnership venture with your company or in to any investment that will be profited to both party. Presently, this money is still under the safe keeping of a finance House In Europe. I don’t want any of my husband's relatives to know about this Development nor the Government of Saudi Arabia. Please tell me in confidence, can you handle this transaction, investing this huge amount of money successfully on behalf of my family ? Please advise Urgently. After confirming your interest to handle this transaction i will furnish you with contact details of my personal attorney who i have entrusted with every legal power to act on behalf of my family regarding this transaction to process and procure you with a power of attorney as the new beneficiary to this fund . Please it is very important that you reply through my personal email janan_harb1@walla.com Yours in Sincerely,Mrs Janan Harb

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