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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
• 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.
  • +22997281217 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • chrisjumbo@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Chris Jumbo" <homechrisjumbo5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrchris.jumbo@live.fr
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GOOD DAY

GREETING


I KNOW THAT THIS EMAIL WILL BE A BIG SURPRISE TO YOU, BUT I WANT YOU TO
CALM DOWN AND READ VERY CAREFULLY.

I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY INVOLVED IS ($13,700:000:00 THIRTEEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
US DOLLARS), WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO AND TO ALSO TAKE MY
WIFE ABROAD FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER DAMAGE.


THIS MONEY IS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED JIN SUN, A BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN
WEST-AFRICAN REGIONS; HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AND SINCE AFTER
HIS DEMISE; NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.

I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CANNOT BE
TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND.

DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER AND A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE TO
THE LATE MR. JIN SUN AND HIS PROPERTIES.


I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A
SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL ALSO BE YOUR
GUIDANCE AND ADVICE YOU THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS
TO ENSURE A SWIFT TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT,
ACCORDINGLY.

AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, WE SHALL ARRANGE AND AGREE ON PERCENTAGE (%), OF THE
FUND FOR OURSELVES.

I WISH THIS TRANSACTION INTEREST YOU, REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO
THAT I WOULD FORWARD TO YOU THE INDEPT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION
AND ALSO THE STEPS TO TAKE FOR A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT. I AM SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION; TRY
AND CALL ME ON MY DIRECT LINE: +229 97 28 12 17

PLEASE, RESPOND THROUGH THIS Email ID (chrisjumbo@gawab.com)

MY BEST REGARDS,

MR. CHRIS JUMBO

Anti-fraud resources:

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