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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: MOHAMED DANJUMA <mohameddanjuma1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:00:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERY URGENT


Attn: Jarman Adlermacher,

Thanks for your email response, we will send you the Affidavit of Claim only and the other documents will be sent to the Affiliated bank in Spain. The court is waiting to hear from the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) before they will issue the Affidavit of Claim.

Your mentioned about European Tax Agency in your last mail, the European Tax Agency can only come to you when the money has already confirm in your bank account, I have already confirmed it from the Affiliated bank and they made me to understand that there is no harm as regard to that. Further more the Affiliated bank in spain has notify us that you must have an account with them after signing the documents . You don't have to be afraid of anything, we all are going to meet in Spain. I didnot see the copy of your passport photography which you mentioned that you attached, i guess the problem is from the mozartmail.info you are using, please you should create an email account with yahoomail so that you can use it to send your passport photography. The lawyer needs it and he cannot do anything without it.

We have already paid the lawyer the sum of $3,850 for the preparation of all the documents and the Affiliated bank has inform us that you need to get an INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE from the Spainish government which you will need to send them 800 Euro for the Certificate.

Please you don't to be too dull in this transaction, you should be fast in whatever you are doing.

Thanks,

Mohamed Danjuma.


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