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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • zeenos_2003_7@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fred adams" <fredadams_12@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:23:40 +0100
Subject: attention pls reply

Dr. Fred Adams
Suite 303 Tourist Junction,
160 Pine Street,
Durban 4001,
South Africa.
{MONEY TRANSACTION}
{THIRTY SIX MILLION USD}
(RE:TRANSFER OF ($ 36,000,000.USD)
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr.Frank Sheina, and I work in the International operation
department in a Local Bank here in South Africa.
On a routine inspection,I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a
BAL Of 36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet investigation
I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away
(dead)leaving no beneficiary to the accountThe bank will approve this money
to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner and
from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody
will come again for the claim of this money A foreigner can only claim this
money with legal claims to the account Holder therefore I need your
cooperation in this transaction.
I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this
money, But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.If
you are interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the Deposit.I wish
for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the
future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached and i am
assuring you that the transaction is risk free hence we are going to follow
the normal bank transfer process .Finally a 25% of the total fund will be
given to you for your steadfast corporation.
I look forward to a favorable response from you as soon as possible.Thank's
for your maximum co-operation and remain blessed.
Best Regards,
Dr. Fred Adams
NB reply to zeenos_2003_7@yahoo.co.uk

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