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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • ribsints@mail2consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: juliet godwill <juliet_006godwill@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:58:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HONEY MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS BANK TODAY FOR THE TRANSFER.


Dearest,
I thank you once again this morning.I will also like to see you face to face,i like you very much and i want you to know that before i contact you is the will of God that me and you to know each other and you are the type of man i am looking forward to spend the rest of my life with.I am not going to give your love to anyother man you will satisfy me,so needless of looking for another man.Please i have not told anyone except you about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it and am using the church computer to write you,Remember i trust you honey that is why i am giving you all this informations.My love is for you and you alone,You can call the Revrend and ask him the best time to call me the number once again(00221 3628721).you can call me and ask me any question you want,

I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.You will have 20% of the total money helping me and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice.
In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my 6.5 million dollars deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin to your account in your country.
The contact informations of the bank is as follows,
ROYAL BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.
EMAIL : rbsintbanking@ibra.cc
OR ribsints@mail2Consultant.com
Transfer officer: MR Edwin Jones.
Tele: 00-4470-40-1200-66 or 00-4470-3189-1503
Fax:44-70-3192-6689
Contact them now on how to transfer the 6.5 millon dollars deposited by my late of which i am the next of kin.I have maped out 20% for your assistance and 5% for any expenses
that might come up in this transfer.My dear i am glad that God has brought you to see me out from this situation and i promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this money since i am still too young to manage it.As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you contact the bank so that after the transfer you can send some
money from the money for me to prepare my travelling documents to
meet with you in your country. for a better life,
have a wonderful day,
Awaiting to hear from you soonest!.
Yours forever in love,
Miss Juliet GODWILL.




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