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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.
• 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.
  • johnsonyuval@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johnson" <johnsonyuval5@excite.com>
Reply-To: johnsonyuval@excite.com
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:13:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONTACT ME URGENTLY!!!!










From Mr.Johnson Yuval.P.O.Box 303857 Victoria Street,SW1H London.I will first introduce myself as Mr. Johnson Yuval, a staff in the Private Clients Section of a well known bank here in London.I want to transfer out £26,000.000.00 (Twenty six million Pounds Sterling from our Bank. I have the courage to look for a reliable and Honest Person who will be capable for this Important Business Transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in Future. The owner of this account is Mr. David Hagen is a foreigner and the Manager Of petrol chemical service, a chemical engineer by Profession and he died since 2000. The account has no other beneficiary and my Investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account. I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I Don't know any foreigner, I know that this message wil come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be assured that it is real
And A Genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this transaction.I will start the first transfer with Six million Pounds [£6,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.At the conclusion of this business, you will be giving 30% of the total amount, 70% will be for me.I look forward to your earliest reply for more details at ( johnsonyuval@excite.com )Yours Sincerely,Mr.Johnson yuval.



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