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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:
  • "30% for you " (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 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.
  • douglasgraham24@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Graham Jones <jones.graham18@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:23:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello My Dearest Friend,



Hello My Dearest Friend,
 
Good day and compliments, i know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise,I am Capt. Graham J. Douglas, a US Marine, serving in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment which Patrols the Anbar province,  Iraq .
 
I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to reach  you. I am presently in Iraq and I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $14 (Fouteen million  USD) to the States or any safe country,  as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.
Please send me the following details so that i can contact you ,
 
- Full Name ..............................
- Address .................................
- Mob Phone ............................
- Home Telephone No ............
- Office Telephone Number ...
 
I shall be waiting for you to please send me the above details , this shall be our mode of sharing , 5% for all expencies involved, 30% for you assisting me in this transaction , the balance 65% will be for me and i shall be coming over as soon as i complete my service by september as stated by President Barrack Obama . Please send your details to my private email : douglasgraham24@yahoo.it  , i shall be waiting for your details ok .
 
Respectfully,
 
Capt. Graham J. Douglas
United States Marine Corps. IRAQ 

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