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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 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)
  • ",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 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.
  • dantamshanker@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr DANTAM SHANKER" <dantam_1shanker@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dantamshanker@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:40:43 +0400
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEED

Dear Sir,
I think it twice before contacting you in a crucial and confidential matter like this, my university schoolmate who is a senior bank manager now in Geneva Switzerland told me in confident to look for a reliable and trusted person in which his or her account will use for depositing the sum of $42,000,000 (Forty two Million Dollars)USD only by Transfer.
My discussions with him through telephone was not enough for me, I asked him to visit me in Dubai to know the seriousness of what he is talking, truly he came we meet in person, he explain all the details of the transaction and confirm to me that there will be no risk at all because the bank computer software system will be changed immediately the beneficiary confirms the payment into his or her account, and he also said the bank director working with their corresponding bank is also involved in this transaction, that before the transaction commence they will like to have a round table meeting with the account owner, that it will enable us know our selves put heads together and share ideas on how to proceed.
He finally said, this transaction has been planed in such a way there will be no atom of record or tresses after the transfer. According to him they have concluded that the account owner will take 30% of the total amount, and account will be either old or new account.
I write to know if you will be interested in this transaction, you can provide account in order to transfer the money, to my own understanding I found out that for a bank director to be involve in this kind transaction, the business is going to be a successful one and also well protected.
As soon as I hear from you I will inform him to know what nest to do, for security reasons please keep this transaction with utmost secrecy.
Thanks for your corporation.
Waiting to hearing from you
Regards,
Email:(dantamshanker@hotmail.com <mailto:dantamshanker@hotmail.com>)
Danta Mohammed Shanker.

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