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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • mrjpack11@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: judyjohnson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:48:59 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?urgent/private?=

Dear Sir,

My name is judy Johnson .I work with the African Development Bank
[Nig] Plc.[A.D.B] as a group head treasury department.In the discharge of
my duty,i stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant
for three good years now with a total sum of Ten Million Five Hundred thousand
United State Dollars in it[$10.5 million usd].

On my personal investigation,i discovered that the account holder died in
air crash accident with his entire member family who should be the next
of kin to the deposited amount.I am writing you so that we can work together
to remite this amount of money into your own private and personal account.I
will present you to my bank as the beneficiary/next of kin to the deceased,
hence the depositor is a foreigner and has no
trace to be found after several attempts.

It is simple which will take a short while to process,out side this the
bank managment will confiscate this amount as uncleared effect and send
it back to the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Coperation Account.

If i hear from you,i will detail you more about the money and the operational
method we can use to effect the remitance of the money directly into your
desired/located bank account provided you send to me an existing account
number.

Bear it in mind that this business is for our mutual benefits
therefore i have agreed to give to you 40% of the total amount while 55%
comes to me,set aside 5% for expencese that may accure during the transaction
process.

I contacte you because you bear the same name with the deceased our late
client that makes it possible for us to claim the money without any suspect,i
will also use my upper possition to make sure that every thing goese successfuly.I
will await your urgent response but for security reasons do reply me through
my alternative email box: mrjpack11@yahoo.co.uk

My best regards, Judy johnson.

(Chief head Treasury department [A.D.B] Branch office)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam