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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:
  • "certificate fee" (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. )
  • "clearance certificate" (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. )
  • "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)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447024024599 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • fedexwarehousedept@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Emily Olivia Jackman <mrsemilyoliviajackman-9@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fedexwarehousedept@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:01:23 +0000
Subject: Contact FedEx





I am sure this mail would come to you as a surprise since we have never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you amongst the numerous internet users in the world. I cannot say why I have chosen you but don't be bothered about this, for I come in peace and something positive, which will affect your life and the lives of others for good. The internet has made the world a global village where you can reach anybody you have not met before.
Before I proceed, I am Mother Emily Olivier, 87 Years old and the wife of Late Sir Jackman Olivier who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while flying from New York to Geneva. You may confirm this from this link http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband, I headed his investment and now that I am old I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my family and relatives whom I never had time for during my active business life. Before the death of my husband, we had plans to use the last days of our lives to disburse part of our resources to serve the needs of the less-privileged and whatever left for ourselves and relatives. But unfortunately, my husband is not alive today to do this with me, hence I have decided it on behalf of my late husband and I.
I have willed out half of our assets to Charities in different countries. In addition to the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we resolved to positively touch the life of an individual we have not met in life, the reason being that when we were younger we received help from an unknown individual, whom we have not met till this day. The impact we got from such gesture made us to do same to you now.
I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer that will cost you nothing.
I have deposited a Check valued at 5,800,000.00 Great British Pounds with FedEx to be delivered to you on your contact with them. So, contact FedEx COURIER SERVICE now with the contact details below to know when your package is scheduled for delivery to you due to the date on which the Check will mature and expire:
Contact Person: Mr. Mark Robins
Email Address: fedexwarehousedept@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: +44 702 402 4599

For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charges, Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee as required for the Check showing that the fund donated to you have no link to Drug-trafficking or the sponsorship of Terrorism in your Country. The only charges to be paid by you are 142.00 Great British Pounds, as security keeping for the Check so far. This would have been paid by me, but the company insisted that I should not, since the time you will contact them is not certain and to avoid accumulated security keeping fee. Try to contact the company fast on receiving this email to avoid further delays. Remember to ask them to provide you with the method of paying security keeping fee.
You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.
Postal Address;
Full Names:
Direct Telephone Number;
Security Keeping Code of Check: (SCT/0433/F)
Note: Neither should you thank me nor my husband, just invest wisely with the money given to you and do same to the life of another someday as this is the only way we can better our world. Also, I will no longer be reading my emails as I have retired completely to my ranch. Note that all further correspondences should be between you and the courier company.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Emily Olivier Jackman

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