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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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• 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.
  • jonathanadams@katamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: MR JONATHAN ADAMS <replyquick@netscape.net>
Reply-To: jonathanadams@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 07:17:02 +05-30
Subject: LETS BUY AND MAKE PROFIT


DEAR SIR,
I FEEL QUITE SAFE DEALING WITH YOU IN THIS BUSINESS PROPOSTION HAVING GONE THROUGH YOUR REMARBLE PROFILE ON INTERNET.ALTHOUGH,THIS MEDIUM(INTERNET)HAS BEEN GREATLY ABUSED,I CHOOSED TO REACH YOU THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT IS STILL REMAINS THE FASTEST,SUREST AND MOST SECURED MEDIUM WAY OF COMMUNICATION.
LET ME CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU.I AM MR JOANTHAN ADAMS A BUSINESS MAN FROM NIGERIA.I AM 38YRS OLD.MY ELDER SISTER IS MARRIED TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN MY COUNTRY DR JERRY GANA SOME TIME AGO I WAS IN INDIA FOR A BUSINESS TRIP I WAS GIVEN A CONTRACT OF BUYING AND SUPPLY OF
PRECIOUS STONE TO A COMPANY IN AMERICA WHICH I DID SUCCESSFULLY WITH AN INDIA MAN FROM NORTHERN PART OF INDIA,
AFTER I LEFT TO NIGERIA I GOT ANOTHER SUPPLY OF THE
SAME PRECIOUS STONE WHICH I GAVE THE SUPPLY TO THE NORTHERN INDIA MAN HE SUPPLIED THE PRECIOUS STONE TO THE COMPANY
THAT NEED THE STONE.AFTER SALE HE MADE $63,000. USD ,PROFIT (FITTY
THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLAR,SINCE I WAS NOT IN INDIA
THEN HE RUN AWAY WITH MY OWN PART OF THE MONEY.
OF THE TOTAL PROFIT, WHICH WE AGREED ON TO SHARE AFTER THE BUSINESS,
NOW I HAVE ANOTHER SUPPLY OF THE SAME PRECIOUS STONE IN LARGE QUANTITY WITH MY PAST EXPERIENCE, I AM COMPELLED TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER PERSON HENCE THE COMPANY THAT NEEDS THIS PRODUCT SO MUCH BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THE STONE COMES FROM INDIA.BUT I NEED A TRUST WORTHY PERSON WHO IS CAPABLE OF BUYING THE STONES FROM THE SORCE THEN WE SHALL SUPPLY THE STONES TO THE COMPANY IN EUROPE.
I NEED A MAN OF HIS WORD THAT WILL GIVE ME MY OWN PART OF THE SHARE AFTER THE DEAL. AS A PARTNER WHO CAN HANDLE THIS BUSINESS AND GIVE ME 40% OF THE TOTAL PROFIT, SO THAT WE CAN BUY
THIS PRECOIUS STONE AND SUPPLY IT TO THE COMPANY THAT
NEEDS IT IN EUROPE,IF YOU HAVE INTEREST ON THIS BUSINESS I WILL ARRANGE TO MEET YOU IN INDIA THEN WE CAN TALK OVER THE BUSINESS,AFTER WHICH I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SOURCE WERE YOU CAN BUY THE PRECIOUS STONE AND WE SUPPLY IT TO THE COMPANY THAT NEED IT.
THANKS HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU
MR JONATHAN ADAMS
EMAIL:jonathanadams@katamail.com

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