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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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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 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.
  • alex@hotmail.com
  • captalex@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt Alex Morgan" <usarmy00245@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:07:47 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Friend,

I am Captain Alex Morgan of the US Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace
–keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq.

On the 27th day of August 2007, we were alerted on the sudden presence of
some Terrorists camping in a suburb not too far from Karbala here in Iraq.
After Immediate intervention, we captured three (3) of the Terrorists,
twenty-six (26) were killed leaving seven (7) injured.


In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for late Ayman
al-Zawahiri and took us to a cave in Karbala which served as their camp.
Here we recovered several guns, bombs and other Ammunitions including some
boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, one filled with hard
drugs(cocaine) and the other two to my amazement contain some US Dollars
amounting to $6.2M (Six Million, Two Hundred Thousand Us Dollars) after I
and two of my junior intelligent officers counted them. I however instructed
them to keep this in high secrecy.The boxes is now with UN Diplomat Courier
Unit in UK,which is ready to be shipped immediately as soon as i front your
name to them as the owner .

I am in keen need of a "Reliable and Trustworthy" person like you who would
receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars for me
up on till my assignment elapses in here in Iraq. I assure and promise to
give you 30% of this fund and 10% will go for charity use in your community,
however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in
this business..


Please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret to protect my job with
the US Monitoring and Peace-Keeping mission.I will tell you more details
concerning this fund as soon as you contact me via my personal email : *capt
alex@hotmail.com* <captalex@hotmail.com>

Sincere regards,
Capt.Alex Morgan.

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