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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +221763351632 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • rvmatthewpeters@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jernefer Ndeye <jerneferndeye@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:44:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from jernefer



Hello Dearest,
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Yurs Ò ÛîÑÒØ,
Jernefer  Ndeye,

Hello Dearest,
I am glad to write given the opportunity now. Hope you are fine.
I thank God for you.Your message was a bit relief for me. May God protect you for me.
 
In this camp,we are only allowed to go out from the camp only on Mondays and Fridays of the weeks.Its just like one staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace  and with your help I will come out here soon.I don't have any relatives now whom I can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war.
 
The only person I have now is  Rev. Mathew who is the Reverend Minister in charge of the church in this camp ( CHRIST for all church).The pastors e-mail adress is (rvmatthewpeters@yahoo.ca)
 
 He has been very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with him rather I am living in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.The Pastors Tel number is (+221-7633-516-32) Feel free to call  me through his number. If  you call and tell him that you want to speak with me, he will send for me in the hostel.
 
As a refugee here I don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.
 
Please listen to this,I have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which I will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in London which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5.3(Five Million, three Hundred Thousand US Dollars).
 
So I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it we can travel to europe and live there. I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me.
 
So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to  yourself and don't tell it to anyone for I am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember I am giving you all these information due to the trust I deposed on you.I like honest, understanding  and God fearing people,truthful and a man of vision,  and hardworking.
 
My favourite language is english but our language is french but I speak english very fluently because both my father and mother studied in europe. Meanwhile I will like you to call me like I said i have alot to tell you.
Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest
Thanks and remain blessed
 
Yurs in love,
Jernefer Ndeye,

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