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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • jessy444445@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jessy_00009@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jessica=20Ssavimbi?= <jessy444445@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: jessy_00009@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:17:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM { MRS JESSICA SAVIMBI } URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jessy444445@yahoo.co.uk



- Dear Friend, I pray God Almight this message reaches you in wonderful spirit.How are you and your family. I am Mrs.jessica Savimbi from Angola.l got your contact and profle W.W.W and coupled with the information i gathered about you from the external trade department of my country chamber of commerce and industry in my country. There is an imformation I would like you to keep very confidential. There is sum ammount of money my late Husband UNITA Rebel leader Jonas Malheiro.Savimbi deposited in a security company in europe under a suspense account for safe keeping Before he was killed by Angolan Millitary force. The squable happened as over the issue of mineral and allocation resource of diamond using his power and influence to smuggled diamond to the neighbouring country in exchanged for money and other valuable asset. My late husband married three wives.I am the second wife. I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that urgly incidents. Presently i a!
m staying in nigeria ,just to save my life,with my three children. The money in question, is $10,500,000.00 U.S.Dollars. What I would want you to do, is to assits me to get the fund transfer into your account in your country for investment prior to your advise , and we shall open a small account in a Bank on your name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account. I will give you the 20% of the money for your assitance. There is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my children. If you are intrested, and can maintain the very confidential of this transaction,you e-mail me immediately through my email address for more clearification, and also note that I am a refugees in lagos, nigeria becuase of the killing of late husband,and the civil war going on in our country.kindly reply to my email address . I can speak little english, and my son also speaks english very well. Tha!
nk you very much. Mrs Jessica Savimbi CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAILBO
X FOR MORE INFORMATION jessy_00009@yahoo.co.uk

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