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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:
  • "million united states 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 business is hitch free " (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.
  • davis_jomo01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "davisjomo1 Gazeta.pl" <davisjomo1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:09:28 -0700
Subject: URGENT PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS


FROM: MR. DAVIS JOMO.



RENNIES BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA



DirectLine: + 27-72-657-5029.

Email: davis_jomo01@yahoo.co.uk



ATTN: SIR/MADAME,



My Name is Davis Jomo the manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of RENNIES BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank,
whose name is Cho Kwiyoung, (Mr.), an American citizen who died in a plane
crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6,
1997. And for your perusal you can view this website Ref:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list


Since the demise of this customer, I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$15M (Fifteen Million United States Dollars),
which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided
to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has
come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such
money to stay long in the bank else it will be return to the bank escrow
account as unclaimed funds.



In view of this I got your contact through your country's ISP when I was
making a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. For
your assistance I am willing to give you 30% of the total amount, 5% will be
map out for expenses incurred in the course of the transaction, 65% will be
for me. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail
the letter of application, which you will type, sign and send back to our
Bank to enable us start the processing of the claim

Upon your seriousness to assist in the transfer of this fund, I will
forward the bank account details of Mr. Cho Kwiyoung, for your perusal, in
view of removing any doubt about the reality of this transaction. This
business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized,
this transaction will be completed within five banking days of receiving
your response, after you apply to the bank as next of kin to the
deceased with the bank form that I will email to you.



If interested, please contact me via my private email address.
Davis_jomo01@yahoo.co.uk with the following details below.



1 YOUR NAMES

2, YOUR PHONE NUMBER



3, YOUR TYPE OF WORK

4, YOUR AGE/SEX

5, YOUR MARITAL STATUS



Yours Sincerely,



Jomo.

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