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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • usdvprogram@usa.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: officer_clearance@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:42:54 +0000
Subject: INVESTING IN THE U S ECONOMY



Greetings!
We are a group of investors who are investing in the failing American economy.We are being provided with entry visas to the United States by the US government with the promise of being issued with the Green Card.



We are looking for a foreign partner who will assist us in tranfering some of the funds needed for the investment and in return,we will go into partnership with that person and he/she will be entitled to receive 40% of the total fund and interest that this investment will yield.As partner in this investment,you will also be provided with the Green Card.That means that you will be given the opportunity to live and take employment in the United States as citizen.The need to contact you arose from the fact that your country has a free transfer status of a huge some of money to the U.S,without the amount involved being seen as money in support of terrorism.

The amount involved in this transaction is $17,000.000( seventeen million US Dollars) and we need you to provide us with an account that could receive this amount.You may need to set up a new account for the transfer if you do not have an account capable of receiving such amount.

This transaction is 100% risk free.You may contact U S Department of State's Processing Correspondent,Mr. Larry Gates for clarifications.Mr Gates is the US Official in charge of our Green Card processing .His contact email is usdvprogram@usa.com .

If you are interested in this deal,kindly contact our Attorney,Barrister Festus Keyamo through his email barr_festuskeyamo@techie.comfor further informations.

Take care of yourself and God bless.


Jen Alban
For Cygress Ltd
http://www.cygress.net/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam