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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • adb_jdickson@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Dickson" <jj_dickson1961@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:04:08 -0800
Subject: From: Mr John Dickson

From: Mr John Dickson
Auditing Department Office
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
Tel: +22507 905419.

In order to transfer out (USD4.5 MILLION) United States Dollars) from
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK .I have the courage to ask for your assistance to
handle this important and confidential business believing that you will
never let me down either now or in future. I am Mr John Dickson, Position
Auditing Department Office AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK here in abidjan Cote
D'Ivoire. there is an account opened in this bank in 1982 and since 2001
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old
files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is a
foreigner, and he was a miner at CIVOTT GOLD MINNING SARL. and he was a
Geologist by profession and he died since 1992 in plane crash. No other
person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary or next of kin and my investigation proved to me as
well that his company does not know anything about this account and the
amount involved is (USD 4.5 M) United States Dollars).I want to transfer the
[USD4.5 M] United States Dollars into a safe foreigners partner abroad , but
I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to any africa person here, but can only be
approved to any foreign person because the money is in us dollars and the
former owner of the account is a foreigner too.I know that this message will
come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,but be sure that
it is real and a genuine business.You are the only person that I have
contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax
number . I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind
us together so that you can receive this money in your country in cash
through our diplomat that we used to air lift funds to shell and chevron oil
companies in europe and america. I will fly to your country for withdrawal
and sharing and other investments after you have confirmed the money in to
your account,I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner
with foreign address as beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has correct information of this fund, which I will give to
you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again
in my life.I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to
make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in
the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable person,
intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. and I want
to remaind you that your share has been carculated at 35% of the total sum
and 5 will map out for the transfer expenses .I waiting for your urgent
reply so that I will give you more informations about this transaction on
how you can receive this money in your country.if this proposal are well
understood and ready to proceed further with me provide me with below
information's immediately.
FULL NAME:
SEX:
COMPANY: IF ANY
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE:
CELL:
FAX:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
This will help me to start the process of this operation.
Contact me via my this e-mail: (adb_jdickson@yahoo.com)

Best Regard.
Mr. John Dickson.

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