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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:
  • "million us 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)
• 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.
  • +2348020758589 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jovita_john10@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:53:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject:


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:jovitajohn1000@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Beloved , Because of the delays you have encountered in the previous days to get your funds $8.5Million US Dollars transferred into your account, Standard Trust bank have decided to pay you by sending ATM CASH CARD to you so that you will cash the funds in any of the bank around you in your country over their. Therefore pls get back to me now so that i will inform the bank to arrange for the ATM CASH CARD which will be sent to you for easy cash . Or you can aswell send email to UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) on this email address so that they will send your cash card with the access pin code to you CONTACT . MR ROCKY NOBLE PHONE :234-8020758589 EMAIL ADDRESS :uba4@live.co.uk Thanks Mrs Jovita John

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