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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045709908 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • frankjim_200@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Jim <dr_frankjim9@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: frankjim_001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:31:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Private Contact..


Dear Friend,

In order to transfer out £15,000,000.00.(fifteen million pounds sterling)from our bank here, I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr. Frank Jim, the auditor and head of computing department here in our bank. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated on this account again,after going through some old files, I discovered that if i do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited
for nothing.

The owner of this account was Mr. John Hughes who was a foreigner and the manager of a Petrol chemical service company, a chemical engineer by profession and he died since 1995.And then, since 2001, nobody knows about 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 amount involved is(£15,000,000.00).I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad. I want you to be sure that this is risk free and a genuine business investment. I need your co-operation to make this work fine, because the management in our bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i will Give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust. If you are interested, please reply immediately to my private email address (frankjim_200@yahoo.co.uk)
OR call me with my telephone number :(+447045709908)and when replying this mail kindly include your Telephone and Fax number for better communication.

Thanks and regards,

Mr. Frank Jim.



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