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

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt Douglas Lorentz" <usmarinedouglasa1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:29:09 -0700
Subject: I am Captain Douglas Lorentz. U.S. Marine in Iraq. I need your urgent help here


Dear Friend,
I am Captain Douglas Lorentz of the US Marine Corps (U.S.M.C.). On
Monitoring and Peace –keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq. Three days ago, 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; in the process of Interrogations 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 Ammunitions including A Metallic Box to my
amazement contains some US Dollars amounting to ($2.6M) Two Million Six
hundred thousand.S.dollars After I and two of my junior intelligent officers
checked them.I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy.

Considering the security situations here, this money is not safe with me
here.Every arrangement to get this box containing the money moved out of
Baghdad has been concluded by me. There is absolutely no risk involve. I am
therefore seeking for your reliable assistance to receive and safeguard this
money for me till am done with my assignment here in Iraq . I assure and
promise to give you 20% of this fund for your honesty and assistance in
safeguarding it.

I have concluded arrangement with the Red Cross Officer I met here in
Baghdad to get the Box moved out of Iraq to your destination. All you have
to do now is to send to me immediately your full contact details such as
your full name, your residential address including your private phone number
to enable him meet with you and get it delivered to you. Remember there is
not going to be any form of trace therefore you have nothing to be afraid
of. It is absolutely risk free.Please assure me of keeping this transaction
a topmost secret to protect my job with the US Monitoring and Peace-Keeping
mission.

This is a matter of urgency as you can see, therefore if you can be
trusted;get back to me for immediate action via my private mail
box.(usmarine_lorentz@yahoo.com)

Regards,
Captain Douglas Lorentz

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