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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • a0david_mason08@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: erison_james_08@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:40:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: More dtail on transation




From The Desk Of:Erison James.
Bill And Exchange Manager=20
Foreign Remittance Dept=20
Union Togolaise Bank Lome-Togo West Africa.
=A0
For Your Kind Attention Good Friend ,=20
=A0
I sourced your email from a human resource profile database in the chamber,=
my name is Mr.Erison James. An account officer to late Mr. Morris Thompson=
from America who is an gold merchant Agent here in Lome-Togo, a well known=
Philanthropist before he died. He made a Will stating that $15.5M(Fifteen =
Million,Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars Only) should be given to a citiz=
en of our choice overseas.=20
=A0
I have made a random draw and your e-mail address was picked as the benefic=
iary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money from=
the Bank because they have issued a notice instructing me been the account=
officer to produce the beneficiary of this before end of this 2008 else th=
e money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.=20
=A0
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client Mr. Morris Tho=
mpson since he is no more alive, both wife Thelma Thompson, and daughter Sh=
eryl Thompson. Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you =
can visit this website: www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/=20
=A0
If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately with the =
bello information to start the documentation process with the help of a leg=
al practitioner. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details b=
earing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit, Please act fast. I =
await your urgent response.=20
=A0
I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR RETURN MAIL .THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
=A0
Best Regard,
Mr.Erison James.
Union Togolaise Bank Lome-Togo
West Africa .
220-083-88-56.
=A0
Kindly reply me through=A0david_mason08@yahoo.com for security reasons.=0A=
=0A=0A

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