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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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • jonathanfreeman1950@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jonathan Freeman" <jonathanfreeman@mail.vu>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:32:21 -0600
Subject: I need your Reply urgently!!

Mr. Jonathan Freeman
Foreign/International Remittance Dept.
BBVA BANK Madrid
I am Mr. Jonathan Freeman (FCAA), the Head of the Foreign /Remittance
department of BBVA BANK Madrid. There was an account open in this bank in
1999 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 would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this
account is Mr. (name withheld), a foreigner, Business Man and a miner at
Kruger Gold Company, a Geologist by profession and he died since 2000.No
other person knows this account or anything concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his
company does not know anything about this account and the money involved is
Forty eight million United States Dollars (US$ 48Million). I want us to
first transfer US$ 28 Million from this money into your safe overseas
account before the rest.

Am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
Account because the money is in United States Dollars and the former Owner
Mr. (name withheld), is a foreigner too. According to the new Monetary
policy now, all deposits that are unclaimed for a period of 7years will be
converted to the government's account. So we have to act fast now before it
is too late. I know that this message come to you as surprise as we don't
know ourselves before.
You can view the web site below for more information’s
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

I got your details courtesy of a member of EU/Spanish export Promotion
council (N.E.P.C) with believe in God that you will never let me down in
this business, considering my position as a public servant. 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 immediately. Send also your
private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of your account
to be used for the
deposit. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and
other investment.
Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a Foreigner
with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation
to make this transaction a success because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to
co-operate with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity may never come again in my life. With my
position in the office I don't want anything that will jeopardize my job so
I advice that we should make secrecy and confidentiality our primary working
condition, bearing in mind that I am a public servant. I will also use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries
and foreign exchange department.
If you are interested, Please contact me through email now!!! And if not
please I beg you to delete this message immediately.

Thanking you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
I await your urgent response.
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Jonathan Freeman
P. Email :jonathanfreeman1950@yahoo.com (use this to reply me pls)

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