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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mr_jbanner@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Mr.=20Jake=20Banner?=" <mr_jbanner@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: mrjakebanner@uymail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:54:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear friend


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mr_jbanner@yahoo.com.au

Dear friend,


I am pleased to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Jake Banner, the private clients account manager of British Monument Merchant Bank in London. I have been handling private clients’ accounts for twelve years in different capacities.



I am contacting you in respect of one Mr. David Jefferson, who holds an account with our bank. The said Mr. David Jefferson had passed on for four years now, and I have been monitoring his account since then. The deposit which stands at £12.3 million has remained unclaimed.



My bank has issued a notice recently to the effect that the account be declared unserviceable within the next twenty-one days if not claimed on or before the end of the period. This has prompted me to track the name of the next of kin over the Internet. Since the next of kin is out of contact, I have decided to contact you, being that your name bears a semblance to that of the said next of kin.



It is my sincere hope that you would be of assistance in securing the release of this sum of money. I have discussed this matter in confidence with some of my colleagues who have key roles to play in securing the release of the money, and we all agreed that we need an extra hand.



May it please you, therefore, to forward your telephone and fax numbers to us to enable us discuss further on this transaction. You are hereby assured that in the event of the deal succeeding, your own share of the amount will be 25%.


Regards.

Mr. Jake Banner.

- Mr. Jake Banner

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