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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • jerryrootyy@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pauljerryy@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john ogbeka" <o_eka@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jerryrootyy@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:12:18 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY

FROM THE DESK OF Mr.JERRY ROOTY
Ogudu Branch Manager,
ECOBANK Nig. Plc.
ATTENTION,
I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable
person/company to handle a confidential transaction unbehalf of my
colleagues and my self I felt you can be trusted to handle a transaction of
this maginitude.One of our esteemed customers citizen of your country Mr.
TARANTINO '66 years of age and Director of Gulf Atlantic oil company had in
our Bank the sum of us$22m in a domiciliary account. His wife, Mrs. Helga
TARANTINO as the next of kin. Unfortunately, both of them died in plane
crash involving concord AF4590 in Gonesse,France. Efforts had been made by
the management of my Bank in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children
but to no avail, as we were made to understand that the couple had no child
owing to the skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been
impossible
to reach any of the relatives. The option left for the Bank management is to
declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund to trading on
behalf of and in the interest of the Bank in order to avoid this
development, my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand
as a distant relative/next of kin to Mr. and Mrs. A.TARANTINO so that the
funds will be
released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will
be carefully worked out on our receiving your consent to this proposal, we
would immediately obtain for an order of mandamus from the Federal High
court of justice on your behalf recognizing you as a bonafide relative to
the deceased and subsequently apply for the release of the funds to you as
the beneficiary, through the central Bank of Nigeria. May I assure you that
this transaction is 100% risk free, as we have taken care of all necessary
modalities to ensure a hitch free transaction. To this effect my colleagues
and I have agreed to compensate you with 40% of the total sum us$22m for
your kind assistance i.e.provisions of a nominated foreign account to
accommodate
the fund for us. If this proposal is acceptable to you, please contact me
strictly through my Alternative e-mail: jerryrootyy@yahoo.com
pauljerryy@yahoo.co.in
I will discuss with you in details when I receive your
response. Please include the following in your reply;
(1.)Your Name in full.
(2.)A reliable phone and Fax number
(3.)Occupation
I look forward to receiving your reply soon.
Yours faithfully
JERRY ROOTY

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