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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • jonesjonesedmond@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jones edmond <jonesedmond3@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:02:55 +0100
Subject: PLEASE ATENTTION!



FROM:MR JONES EDMONDAUDITOR,MAGNUM TRUST BANK LTDLAGOS NIGERIA.
Email: jonesjonesedmond@yahoo.dk
DEAR sir,
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgentand profitable business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but I got your contact through the Ivoirian chamber of integration,commerceand industries.I am an auditor with MAGNUM TRUST BANK LTD.
The intended business is thus, We had a customer, a Foreigner (a CANADIAN CITIZEN) resident in LAGOSNIGERIA,he was a Contractor with one of the government parastatals.He had in his account in my branch the sum of US$20Million {twenty Million U.S. Dollars).Unfortunately, the man died four years ago until today non of his next of kin has come Forward to claim themoney.
Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two othertop officials of the bank have covered the account allthis while.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted asone of his next of kin and forward your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim, We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims.
The whole procedures will last only ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future.
Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary things. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest.
Then we will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded.
For your assistance we have agreed to give you twenty percent (20%) of the total sum at the end of thetransaction.
It is risk free and a big fortune for both of us and With your maximum co-operation, this transaction is not expected to last for more than 15 working days.
All correspondence towards this transaction must be confidential.I await your earliest response.
Thanks,Yours Sincerely,
JONES EDMOND
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