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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • harryjohnson11@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • f@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Harry johnson" <harry0003@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: harryjohnson11@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:17:42 -0700
Subject: Your Partnership is Urgently Needed


From: Mr. Harry Johnson
119-121 Victoria Street,
P O Box 45273.
London, SW1E 6RA.



Hello Dear,



RE: MY REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP &
INVESTMENTS

I have a very important request that make me to contact you; I am Mr. Harry
Johnson, I presently work as the Finance Director, Offshore Mortgage &
Services with Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, here in London. I found Your
profile very interesting and decided to contact you directly to solicit your
assistance and Guidelines in making a business investment and wire transfer
of £45.5MillionGBP (Forty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds
Sterling) to your country within the Next few days for purpose of
investments. This transaction is safe 100% legitimate and genuine. There is
NO risk involved on your part. All confirmable documents to back up the
claims in your name as the rightful beneficiary to recieved this funds as
one of our Investors, will be made ready and available to you prior to your
acceptance to this proposal.

But at the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this
profitable Business investment until I get a positive response from you by
email, confirming your readiness to be in partnership with me. Please take
out a moment of your very busy Schedule today and respond back to me. If you
are interested; Please send me your email and include your direct mobile
telephone numbers to my email ID: harryjohnson11@hotmail.com<f@hotmail.com>
for an initial confidential communication, I will provide you with more
explanations about source of funds and futher details of funds wire transfer
bank to bank. I also wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this
business transaction.



Thanks for your understanding. I wait your kind response soon.



Best Regards
Mr. Harry Johnson

Finance Director. RBS.

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