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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 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.
  • johnson2005gary@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnson gary <johnson2005gary@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:06:25 +0800 (CST)
Subject: 回覆： Re: REMAIN BLESS .


I DONT UNDERSTANT YOUR EMAIL

Pastor Robert Ised <pastorised@googlemail.com> 說： I will not deal with that Ndlovu idiot again!

Pastor Robert Ised

On 8/8/06, johnson gary <johnson2005gary@yahoo.com.hk > wrote: Dear beloved brother,

I can understand how you feel considering that you have not had any previous dealings with myself, talkless of my lawyer.I am trusting my life work in your hand and i believe my wish will come true.

Am very ill and broke to finance this project , pls see reason with me ,that is why i'm asking for your help.However , i will instruct my lawyer to co operate with you to make sure the consignment gets to you and to be used according to my last wishes project.

I will advise you to contact my lawyer and negotiate the way forward because we can't leave this whole fund for the security company to go away with it,if it happens that im died then the fund is lost which i will never want that to happen that is why i made your church the sole beneficairy of the fund.

I will be waiting to hear from you asap,
Thanks and God bless you and the whole commitee,
Your's sincerely,

Johnson Gary.


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