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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "i will give you 35% " (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.
• 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.
  • kethrinejones@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. kethrine Jones" <ketrinejones@standardchartered.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kethrinejones2@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:52:17 +0800
Subject: re-reply

Hello friend,

My name is Mr. Katherine Jones, Staff of Standard Chartered Bank. I am
writing in respect of a China Citizen customer of my bank Mr. Zhu Li,
dual citizen of china , who died in a Plane crash on Monday 2nd September
1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva.

Please see for more information.

<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html>

The late Mr. Zhu Li left in our deposit the sum of five million two hundred fifty thousand United States Dollars ($5.250 million USD) and nobody will ever come for this money because he no next of kin in his documents.

I am the only person that is aware of this money since Mr. Zhu Li did
not give to my institution any next of kin to inherit his money. Now, I
want to use my position in the bank to transfer this money to your country
for investment.

If you can provide me with an account where I can transfer this ( five million two hundred fifty thousand United States Dollars) $5.250 million
pounds. I will give you 35% of this entire fund while the remaining 60%
shall be for me, extra 5% will be for transfer charges. I am hoping to
get a favorable response from you.

Kindly reply to this mail and confidential, as I will like us to keep
every communication by email to avoid information leakage through our
telephone conversation. email: kethrinejones@hotmail.com

Regards,
Mr. Katherine Jones.

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