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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 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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348035667449 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • dojones3@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "djonnes1" <djonnes1@bol.com.br>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:02:54 -0300
Subject: Please respond urgently


>From The Desk Of
Barrister Douglas Jones
Tel:234-8035667449
Dear Friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this by
virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP
SECRET.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end ofthe day.
I am Barrister Douglas Jones,the personal attorney to Mr Ahmed Ali, who
work with P.T. SAGA TRADE MURNI, my client,his wife and only son were
involved in a Earthquake(Tsunami) while he was on leave in Indonesia.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/which happened on the
26th December 2004 in Indonesia,india,Malaysia and etc. about 80,000
people who died in Indonesia my client and his family ware
unfortunately involved, and he had twenty Five Million United States dollars (US$25M) which he had before he died. unfortunately his supposed next of kin
(his wife) died along with him.
It therefore upon discovery of the ugly news that I now decided to make
business with you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank.I want you to help me out so that the fund will be transfered into
your account,you will stand as the next of kin to my late client, I
have all the necessary document to back up this transaction.What I needed
from you is your sincerity and honest so that this fund will be
transfered to your account.
For your kind assistance,you will be entitied to 30% of the
fund.Please,kindly know that there is no-risk invloved in this
transaction,If you are interested to assist me,kindly reply to my personal email dojones3@myway.com or call me on 234-8035667449
Best Regards,
Barrister Douglas Jones

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