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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
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Fraud email example:

From: JERRY duke <jerryduke_4u@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:54:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED



Hello Please,

Thanks as am waiting for your urgent reply. or you indicate your phone number to me to reach you.

first i am Mr JERRY DUKE, a NIGERIA origin, a coordinator contract award and re-view committee (i am the head of the committee). our main responsibilities/work is to award, re-view all government contract projects to coporate individuals or organizations.

The only source we can benefit from this contract project is over invoicing the prices, apart from our monthly salary.this is to tell you clear the source of this fund (over quatation from contract projects).since two years ago, i was able to save and come with this amount, two million five hundred thousand dollars, which was deposited in one of the bank, in account called escrow account.

Now that main reason why i contacted you is, to received this fund on my behalf, because;
(A.) We are not allow to operate on foreign account transfer transactions, while in service.
(B.)We cannot establish foreign project while on duty post, unless after our resignation or retirement from government service or after re-tirements.
So what i want you to do is, i will release the contact of the bank,

including the account in formations, for you to contact the bank directly for the release and transfer of the money into your own bank account.

After your reply, i write an application letter, and send it to you, to forward it to the bank address which i will give you, very simple, there is risk or problem in this, i assured you, so many people who was working here as the head of this organization has done this and some resigned, some re-tire.

Note for your effort in this, you will have eight hundred thousand dollars as your benefit as soon as you confirmed that the money is in your account, if bank approved the application, it will take less than eight working days to concluded this.

Note, that you will not let any bank officials here know that i am the one given you these information, as soon as you received this money, i will get resign.

you can also reach me with this my private email address
jerry_duke50@walla.com
Thank you for understanding
Mr Jerry Duke.


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