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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:
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • dom_joel01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: char davis <char_tg005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:58:32 +0000
Subject: Dear



Dear , I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you thisemail and should it not meet your business or personal ethics, please accept my apologies in advance. How are you,and your family,i hope fine? My name is MR.PAUL JOHNSON, the the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of I.C.B, International Commercial Bank Ltd Accra Ghana, West Africa.
I am writing this letter to solicit your support and assistance to carry out a project in one of our numerous branches where lying in an in-active account is the sum of $4,500,000.00M four Million,Five hundred thousand US dollars belonging to a foreign customer by name Dr.Hans Rudolf a german nationality who died with hiswife and two kids in a ghastly air crash. Since hedied, the Bank has been expecting his next of kin tocome forward for necessary actions in respect to funds claiming. Unfortunately, after investigations, we found out that he has no family members who are aware of the existence of such an amount, and as such have decided to contact you,and do business with you if you won't let me down. You stand in as the next of kin of late Dr. Hans Rudolf, and then the money will be released to you,and tranfered into your account in your country after the due processes have been followed,and you invit me to your country for the sharing of the funds according to percentages. Obviously I do not want this money to go into the Banks Treasury because the banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for a certain period of years, the money will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as an unclaimed debt. For your partictipation in the business, 20% of the funds will be yours, 75% will be mine, while 5% will be for any expenses incurred during the transaction. Please reach me at the above e-mail address, if willing to do business with me. I could have done this deal all alone but because we are not allowed to operate a foreign account here, i decided to look for a good,and God fearing person to help,and benefit with me. I will stop from here,and awaiting your response assoon as possible.My best Regard.Yours sincerely,MR.PAUL JOHNSONemail dom_joel01@yahoo.com
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