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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.
• This email message is a "dying merchant" 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.
  • jurgeny_147@yahoo.se (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JURGEN STERK" <jurgeny_2@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:06:40 +0000
Subject: MY WISH

Hello,
My name is JURGEN STERK, a Swedish national I have been diagnosed
with Esophageal cancer .It has defiled allforms of medical
treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live,
according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived mylife
so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always
hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the
only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that
there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the
money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to
come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I
have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given
most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends .I want God to be merciful to
me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I wantthis to be one of the last good deeds I do
on earth. So far, I have Distributed money to some charity
organizations in the U.A.E, Somalia and Malaysia. Now that my health
has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once
asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to
be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money
which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of Twenty Eight
Million dollars($28,000,000,00) that I have with a finance/Security
Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and
despatch it to charity organizations.
Kindly note that 20% of this funds must go to the tsunami
victims,10% should go to the victims of Katrina huricane in the
United States of America and another 5% for your effort. Then the
65% will go to other charity organisation around the world..
Please note that all correspondence as regards this project should
be directed to my private mail box.
Email:jurgeny_147@yahoo.se
await your prompt response.
Thanks,
JURGEN STERK

 

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