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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.
• 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.
  • ericrgunn2008@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ERIC R GUNN <ericgunn007@indiatimes.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:11:29 +0000
Subject: *****SPAM***** CLYDESDALE BANK PLC


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Content preview: CLYDESDALE BANK PLC INTRODUCTION LETTER MR ERIC R.GUNN PLEASE
REPLY ONLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: ericrgunn2008@indiatimes.com I am MR ERIC
R.GUNN; do permit me to introduce myself briefly. I am Head of Private Banking,
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC.I know it may seem improper to introduce myself this
way and more importantly via mail but i have just considered it faster and
safer means of communication. Do not be amazed by this mail. I am contacting
you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction.The
Management and the Legal department of our BANK in a recent meeting, Recommended
that the account of Mr. Alexander H. Chiang, who was one of my branch depositor,
should be declared dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to
the Bank Treasury according to Banking and financial law. he died in world
trade center as a victim of the September 11,2001.Incident that befell the
United States of America, the bank has made series of efforts to contact
any of his relatives to claim this money but without success, you can confirm
through this site [...]

Content analysis details: (10.1 points, 7.0 required)

pts rule name description
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0.1 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with no rDNS
1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
1.4 DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 Date: is 3 to 6 hours before Received: date
1.8 MILLION_USD BODY: Talks about millions of dollars
2.0 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
1.4 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
1.5 ADVANCE_FEE_4 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)

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