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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "greater london" (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.
  • drjd44@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Jude Steven" <drjsv1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drjd44@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:27:35 -0700
Subject: From Dr.Jude Steven


*Dear Friend,
My Name is Dr.Jude Steven From Harlsden, North West London , here in
England.I work for Lloyds Tsb Bank London.

I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of an imense
benefit for both of us. In my department,being the manager (Greater London
Regional Office), I discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5million USA Dollars
( Ten millionfive hundredn thousand Usa Dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.Morris Thompson .An american citizen
who unfortunately Lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geograpgical nature of
where you live, particularly due to the sensivity of the transaction.and the
confidentiality here in.Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that.

I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will
Beneficiary tothe deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
10.5Million Dollars can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to
you. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up this claim we are making. Hence you are not expected to pay any cent
here.All i need is to fill in your names to the ducuments and legalise it in
the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary.

While we have made arrangements with diplomatic envoy in service to move the
money throughdiplomatic process to your country with all the necessary
papers to enhace depositing the money in to a bank in your country.All I
require now is your honest Co-operation,Confidentiality and trust to enable
us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.
Please, provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through. this
is very very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name
2. Your private mobile telephone number for effective communication
3. Your Contact Address.
4.Reply by my office email adress for
urgent responce;drjd44@yahoo.co.uk

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,
Dr.Jude Steven
*

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