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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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • leonardjohn0@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Leoard John" <rev_leonard9@msn.com>
Reply-To: leonardjohn0@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:17:24 +0000
Subject: God bless you.

Greetings Friend,
E-mail:leonardjohn0@yahoo.co.uk
I am Rev. Leonard John, 78 years old,a
Polish national
and formally the Catholic Archbishop of
Abuja
Dioceses.
Ever since,I have been helping the orphans
in the
orphanages,motherless homes and less
previledged
across few African countries.I have
donated some money
to orphanage in Somalia,Sudan, South
Africa,
Cameroon,Mozambique and liberia with the
money I
inherited from my late father who was into
diamond and
crude oil business.
But,it is sad to let you know that I been
going
through series of illness from
auditory(hearing),multiple sclerosis and
from cancer
of the liver.Before I got ill and
relocated to my
country Poland,I have some money amounting
to Seven
million two hundred thousand united states
dollar
(US$7,200,000,00) only with International
Trust Bank
Plc.
The funds is safe.I have been using the
bank for
over twenty years now.I will be going to
the hospital
anytime for major surgeries. Except it
pleases God,
the
chances of my survival is slim.God has
specifically
told me to help the less previledged
people with my
money.Please I solicit for your help as I
want to
reassign the deposit to you.When you
receive the
money,then invest it in profitable
investment concerns
with good return of profits and then use
the profits
wisely for the less previledged people in
your country
and other countries as you deem necessary.
If you can help carry out this soul
surviving
humanitarian project,kindly email
immediately your
following contact details:
a.Your complete names
b.Your address
c.Company name if any
d.Private telephone number
e.Private fax number
f.Private email address
g.Your brief profile
When I receive your above information,I
will furnish
you more details on how the funds would be
claimed by
you from the bank.God has already told me
that I would
find a trustworthy person who can carry
out this soul
surviving humanitarian project. While I
await your
response,may God bless you and your
family.
God bless you.
Rev.Leonard John

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