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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • drjsm88@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Johnson Michael <drjsm888@web.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:35:46 +0200
Subject: FROM DR JOHNSON MICHAEL




From The Desk Of Dr Johnson Michael
Manager Natwest Bank Plc London.
Private Email: drjsm88@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:drjsm88@yahoo.co.uk]

Dear Friend,
My Name is Dr.Johnson Michael From Harlsden, North
West London , here in England. I work for Natwest Bank
Corporation London. I am writing you from my office
that will be of an imense benefit to both of us. In my
department,being the assistant manager (Greater London
Regional Office), I discovered an abandoned sum of
$12.5 million USA Dollars (Twelve million five hundred
thousand Usa Dollars) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customers Late Mr.Thompson Morrison
American citizen who unfortunately lost his life in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed
on January 31 2000, including his wife and only
daughter. The choice of contacting you is aroused from
the geograpgical nature of where you live, particularly
due to the sensivity of the transaction.and the
confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting
for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but
nobody has done that.I personally has been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin /Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account valued at 12.5 Million Dollars can be paid
to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these
percentages,60% to me and 40% to you. I have secured
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in
your names to the ducuments and legalise it in the
court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please, provide
me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through.
this is very very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and
appreciated. Please reply this email to my private email
address below.

drjsm88@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:drjsm88@yahoo.co.uk]

Best regards,
Dr.Johnson Michael





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