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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.
• 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.
  • accjohnbille@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:50:12 +0000
Subject: YOURS TRULY.


*FROM THE DESK OF MR.JOHN BILLE.
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA.

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MR.JOHN BILLE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF
GHANA,AND PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, THE ARRESTED
CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA. I HAVE THE
DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE
WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEEN TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES. I
AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILLED THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST
SAME ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS THREE
MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS (GBP£3.750M,) AND YOU WILL
BE PAID 30% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR
ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.
KINDLY REACH ME BACK ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL ACCOUNT: accjohnbille@gmail.com



NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
http://www.supportmbk.com



YOURS TRULY,
JOHN BILLE.









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