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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031915734 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jamessclark04@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Clark" <agentsclark@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jamessclark04@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:47:51 +0800
Subject: I Need Your Urgent Assistance,

Dear Friend,
Please it¡¦s my pleasure to write for an urgent assistance that will
Profit both of us if you will be sincerely straight forward and capable in
handling the transaction. I'm James Clark from London ,I¡¦m writing to
you now from my sick bed in a very painful situation that one of my legs has
been caught off while the other leg is hanging because I was knocked down by a reckless cap driver here in London. I am an international supplying agent for many company here in London and oversea . I often fly in and out of Malaysia for a business transaction but due to my condition of health now, I can not be able to make it that¡¦s while I¡¦m
contacting you, so please read this mail very carefully and get back to me where you don¡¦t understand.
There¡¦s this animal injection for horses, cattle¡¦s and other big animals
By name TERMACINE XP 1000 that I supply to My customer from South Africa , France, London and Dubai ,My Customers always send their purchasing manager to Malaysia for the purchase of this product from me because that¡¦s the only place I buy the product and supply immediately to My customer there in Malaysia.
I buy the product from the Malaysian agent at the price of ringgit Malaysia 4,500(four thousand five hundred ringgit)per a carton of ten pieces inside. While I supply to My customers at the rate price of $3000usd(three thousand united states dollars) per a carton. And most of the time they do need 50 to 100 cartons of the product in each trip , so when u add up the ex-change rate of dollars to Malaysia currency, you will know the profit I¡¦m making per carton in a trip of this transaction. This is the reason why I wouldn¡¦t like to loss the contact or pass it to someone that I will not trust.
Dear Friend , I am contact you now because one of my customer company have ordered for this product and only waiting for me to give them the date they will be going down to Malaysia for the purchase . I didn¡¦t trust the main agent that use to supply to me
That is why I need a middle trusted person that can handle this transaction and after which we will share the transaction at the ratio of 50% to 50% .

Upon your response, I will pass over to you all the documents and contacts that you will need in the transaction .
Please bear in mind that constant and early contact is good for us to
Reach on a solid agreement because this is one of my best contacts and I will
Not like to lose it. Meanwhile, I will be sending you my bank account for
Whatever is the percentage we concluded because I¡¦m seriously in need now
because of my hospital bills. please do contact me with this email[
jamessclark04@yahoo.co.uk or by phone +447031915734

Regards as I wait for your urgent response.
Mr. James Clark




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