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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • mr.yrazack45@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yusuf Razack" <yr324232155@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.yrazack45@yahoo.dk
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:38:43 +0100
Subject: Kind Attn: Sir,

Kind Attn: Sir,

My name is Yusuf Razack son of Saliu Razack former personal assistant on
financial matters to the Sudanese President. I got your contact through the
internet and decided to write you in trust and confidence. It is my humble
decision to solicit for your understanding and cooperation in this business
that will be mutually beneficial to both of us.

At the mid term of the rebellion which is still on till date, my father
thinking fast decided to send my brother and I out of the country (Sudan),
with a total sum of (US$45M)( Forty five million United States Dollars).
This money was meant for the purchase of arms and ammunitions for the war,
but my father had to divert the funds as a way of frustrating the on-going
war that has claimed the lives of millions of Sudanese people.

The bills were carefully moved as diplomatic baggage to Madrid, Spain.
Unfortunately, because of my father’s political influence he was
assassinated last December. Due to our father's death, we decided not to
return to the country but seek for political asylum and look for an
opportunity to safeguard the money for proper investment and prepare for our
future. We however, discovered that as political asylum seekers, we are not
allowed by law to seek for any gainful employment or open and operate a
bank account.

We therefore need your assistance and co-operation in concluding this deal.
You are needed to come over to Madrid, Spain and open a non-resident
account where the entire funds will be deposited and subsequently
transferred to your nominated account by telegraphic transfer. The whole
arrangement will be strictly under our supervision and the transaction will
be absolutely risk-free. And the transfer to your account would be
completed the same day.

We intend to share the money upon successful completion of the transaction
as follows: - 26% will be entitled to you for your assistance, while 70%
will be for us and 4% will be set aside to take care of expenses. Should
this meet your utmost consideration, kindly write back immediately to
confirm your earliest date of arrival?

The confidentiality of this transaction cannot be over emphasized as we
trust and believe that you will oblige us the security and attention it
demands. Please kindly send your reply to my private e-mail
account.:mr.yrazack45@yahoo.dk

Kind Regards,
Yusuf Razack

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