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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:
  • ",000,000" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: jimharry harry <jimharrysc@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr_jim_harry@myway.com
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mr Jim Harry.


Mr Jim Harry.
Dear Sir,
My name is Mr Jim Harry, I am the operational manager in
account management section incharge of credit and
foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in
NIGERIA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank who died on Wednesday, July 13, 2005;
He was among by London bomb victims identified. You
can go through the website, WWW.CNN.COM/LONDONTERROR.
His name is JAMIE GORDON, Since his death ,I
personally has watched with keen interest to see the
next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds and no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and until his death
he was the manager of his company. The total amount
involved is $8,000,000.00 USD [Eight Million United
States Dollar].
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a
details information about the transaction.
Respectfully yours,
Mr Jim Harry.




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