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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • jamessarumi15@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?james=20sarumi?= <jamessarumi15@yahoo.com.my>
Reply-To: drj_amessarumi@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 02:08:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPLY ME SOON


Saya ada alamat e-mel baru!Sekarang anda boleh kirimkan saya e-mel di: jamessarumi15@yahoo.com.my

DEAREST,


MY NAME IS Dr JAMES SARUMI.


SENIOR AIDE TO THE DIRECTOR REMITTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS. I

AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK, WHO GAVE HIS

NAME (Mr WILLIAM BARNES.HE IS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA), WHO

PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER 1999 [WITH EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990]

WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE WEBSITE

BELOW:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm


SIR, SINCE THE DEMISE OF Mr WILLIE BARNES, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCH WITH

KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO

ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM FUNDS OF USD15MILLION,[FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED

STATES DOLLARS]WHICH THE LATE Mr WILLIAM BARNES DEPOSITED WITH US BEFORE

THE OCCURANCE OF THIS REGRETABLE ACCIDENT ON THIS NOTE, I DECIDED TO

SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN.AS NO ONE HAS COME

UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS.

THE BANKING REGULATION HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY FOR MORE

THAN EIGHT (8)YEARS.AFTER EIGHT(8) YEARS,THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK

TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR

CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED IN

MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.

THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS

OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CAN

NOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER..



I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN

RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY

EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURREDIN THE PROCESSOF EFFECTING THE TRANSFER,10%

PERCENT WILL BE DONATED TO ANY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION OF OUR CHOICE IN

NIGERIA.THE REST WILL BE FOR ME.THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR

DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.

UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A

DRAFT APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT

OF KIN AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR

NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN

ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE

TRANSFER.


HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

JAMES SARUMI

- james sarumi

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