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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "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)
• 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.
  • garcia_pearls0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: garcia pearls <garcia_p000@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:29:18 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED.



I write based on your impressive profile on the internet,

my name is Gerald Garcia, from the oil rich state in Nigeria(BAYELSA STATE),
Before now I am the personal financial consultant to the former Governor of the State D.S.P Alameisigha until he was impeached and arrested by the Federal Government and presently under incaseration because he was arrested in London and charged for money laundering by the United Kingdom Government, his arrest was a political setup because in the political circle in Nigeria it is rumored that he had acquired immense wealth from oil deals and that his financial status is worth over $1.8 billion dollars , so he was made a scalped goat by the so called political godfathers. Stories about his travails can be read from these web siteshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4456300.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4478646.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4513172.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4462444.stmBefore this time I was in the verge of transferring by diplomatic means $150Million United States dollars to a company in the united states to start an oil refinery/Cement Industry investment which was to coordinated by me, but because of what happened the money was under a very high level coded arrangement deposited with finance and security company in foreign country for safe keeping during the transit to the United states As it is now nobody knows about this money, because if known it will be seized as all account belonging to the governor had been frozen. My proposal to you is that I want to invest this fund on my own with you as my partner,I will provide documentation that the money was originally to be paid to youI am ready to go into 70-30 partnership agreement in any area of your choice as long as you will be honest and straight with me, if this is ok by you get back to me with your full name, contact phone/fax number and I shall put all machinery in to seal the arrangement.
Yours FaithfullyGerald Garcia
ALL RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL:
garcia_pearls0@yahoo.com
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