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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 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.
  • +447040109060 (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.
  • jamespeter1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james peter" <jamespeter001@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamespeter1@myway.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:27:12 +0000
Subject: FROM MR JAMES AND ASSC.

MARK LINK MANUFACTACTURING COMPANY LIMITED LONDON.
ADDRESS: No 8 Clarendon Cross and 8 Elystan St.London.
Tel:+447040109060
Tel:+447024071029
Private Email: jamespeter1@myway.com

Dear Sir,

We got your mail contact from the directory. There is a business we want to transact with your company.My name is Mr.James Peter, The manager of (MARK LINK MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED) based in london.
There is a product my company needs from Saudi Arabia,but we are having problem from the owner of the stone due to languege issue. Our Company deals on constumes such as Diamond, Precious Stones. We have been purchesing the product from Dubai,but it is very scarce now and we got an information that somebody has it in your country (Saudi Arabia). When we call the owner of the product he will be answering us in his language: TATAMALEKU TATAMALEKU and we dont understand what it means.This is why we want a reliable company that will link us to the man.

The phone number of the man is:966-55-1514859 and his name is ABDALA ALMOHAMMED. We want you to call the man and confirm if he has the product, the name of the product and their prizes, it is of different types because the one we want is (CRYSTAL QUARTZ AND GANNET) The rate we use to buy from( DUBAI) is $400 per gramm and we need up to 5 kilos.

Assist us to know if the man has up to 5 kilos and for each One gramm that we are purchesing we are adding 10% for your assistance please immediately you confirm, call us back with this number: 009447023053903 So as to enable us arrange for the white man that will come with cash.

We are waiting for your call so as to arrang for VISA.

Sir, we are urgently in need of the product because of lack of material in our Company.Once you confirm it, we will be coming twice in a month.
Please Co-operate with us because this is a business that will last long.
Thanks

Mr. James Peter.

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