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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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • john_nd2000@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?john=20nd?= <john_nd2000@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:09:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MISS JUSTINA KABILA


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : john_nd2000@yahoo.fr

FROM MISS JUSTINA KABILA


ATTENTION PLEASE,



I KNOW MY LETTER WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE,BUT

DO NOT WORRY,I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH DIVINE

DIRECTION. BASE ON THIS I HAVE CONFIDENT IN YOU THAT

YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THE MONEY WHEN IS FINALLY CONFIRM INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.


MY NAME IS MISS JUSTINA KABILA.I AM DIRECTOR OF

AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT DEPT.I WILL NOT DISCLOSE

THE NAME OF THE BANK FOR SECURITY REASON UNTILL YOU

CONFIRM YOUR WILLINGNESS IN THIS REGARD.


WE HAD A FOREIGN CLIENT WHO DEPOSITED A HUGE SUM OF

MONEY US$20.5.MILLION .WITH OUR BANK EVENTUALLY, THIS

CLIENT WAS AMONG THE VICTIMS OF THE EGYPT AIR

BOEING,767 FLIGHT NO 990 THAT CRASHED ON THE DATE OF

31/10/1999 IN U.S.A.BUT SINCE THEN WE HAVE NOT HAD

ANYBODY COMING FOR THE CLAIMS AS THE NEXT OF KIN .A

SITUATION I HAVE MONITORED CLOSELY WITH MY POSITION IN

THE BANK.


NOW HAVING MONITORED THIS DEPOSIT AND MANAGED IT OVER

THE YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH AND HECEN NOBODY HAS SHOWED

UP AS THE NEXT OF KIN FOR PAST TWO YEARS PLUS,I HAVE

REMOVED THE FILE TO MY PRIVATE VAULT. I NOW REQUEST

YOUR ASSISTANCE TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS

EVERY OTHER ARRANGEMENT HAS BEING CONCLUDED BY ME AND

MY TWO PARTNERS,AND WE ARE ONLY WAITING FOR YOU AS A

FOREIGN PARTNER TO ENABLE US MOVE THE FUND TO YOUR

ACCOUNT.THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY RISE ATTACHED TO IT AS

ALL THE INTERNAL DOCUMENTATIONS WILL BE HANDLY BY ME.I

THEREFORE REQUEST YOU TO CONFIRM YOUR WILLINGNESS BY

RETURN A MESSAGE.I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH DETAILS.


ON SMOOTH CONCLUION OF THIS TRANSACTION TOTAL,YOU

WILL BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL FUND WHILE 10%

WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT

MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO

TELEPHONE BILLS.PLEASE YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO KEEP

TOP SECRET AS WE ARE STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO

RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH

YOU.


I LOOK FORWARD TO HAERING FROM YOU AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE.


REGARDS.


MISS JUSTINA KABILA

- john nd

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