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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 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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • leonardjohn0@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev_Leonard john" <rev_leonardjohn3@msn.com>
Reply-To: rev_leonardjohn4@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:05:00 +0000
Subject: God bless you.

Greetings Friend,
E-mail:leonardjohn0@yahoo.co.uk
I am Rev. Leonard John, 78 years old,a Polish nationaland formally the
Catholic Archbishop of AbujaDioceses.

Ever since,I have been helping the orphans in the orphanages,motherless
homes and less previledgedacross few
African countries.I have donated some moneyto orphanage in Somalia,Sudan,
South Africa,Cameroon,Mozambique
and liberia with the money Iinherited from my late father who was into
diamond andcrude oil business.
But,it is sad to let you know that I been goingthrough series of illness
fromauditory(hearing),multiple sclerosis and
from cancerof the liver.Before I got ill and relocated to mycountry Poland,I
have some money amounting to Seven
million two hundred thousand united states dollar(US$7,200,000,00) .only
with International Trust BankPlc.
The funds is safe.I have been using the bank forover twenty years now.I will
be going to the hospital
anytime for major surgeries. Except it pleases God,thechances of my survival
is slim.God has specifically
told me to help the less previledged people with mymoney.Please I solicit
for your help as I want to
reassign the deposit to you.When you receive themoney,then invest it in
profitable investment concerns
with good return of profits and then use the profitswisely for the less
previledged people in your country
and other countries as you deem necessary.If you can help carry out this
soul survivinghumanitarian project,
kindly email
immediately your
following contact details:
a.Your complete names
b.Your address
c.Company name if any
d.Private telephone number
e.Private fax number
f.Private email address
g.Your brief profile
When I receive your above information,I will furnishyou more details on how
the funds would be claimed by
you from the bank.God has already told me that I wouldfind a trustworthy
person who can carry out this soul
surviving humanitarian project. While I await yourresponse,may God bless you
and your family.
God bless you.
Rev.Leonard John

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