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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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • json001.moro@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: per_box2@myway.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:23:36 +0530 (IST)
Subject: VERY URGENT....


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: json001.moro@yahoo.co.in



- FROM:MRJOHNSON MORO.DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK Ghana Dear Friend,I am MR.JOHNSON MORO,49 yrs,a nationality of the republic of Ghanana,i currently work with the above mentioned bank as the Audit Controller.There is a certain dormant account in this bank being unserviceable since 2001,as we discorved,this account belonged to one Japanese Engineer,whom worked and lived here but later died some years back. Now I am contacting you because we need an honest foreign partner whom can provide an account where we can transfer this fund,thereafter we have planned to destroy any related documents to this account hence no body apart from i and my collegue has knowledge of this account.I assure you,this is a careful network asi have been on this seat for nineteen year now.So all we require is your honesty and trust whereby this fund shall be tranfered safely. On receipt of your kind response,i will give you the details.N.B. EVERY THING CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE OPERATED LEGITMATELY.-----------------------MY QUESTIONS ARE----------------------------------(1)Are you honest & trustworthy?.(2)Can we give you the whole trusts?.(3)Are you going to be faithful during the process of this transaction & thereafter this fund has been completely transfered to your account in other words will not back-bite us?. IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE YES PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.Regards.MRJOHNSON

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