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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:
  • "dear friend" (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • myofficemail9999@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs farza" <mrsfarza104@cashego.co.cc>
Reply-To: mrsfaalkar@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:25 -0700
Subject: URGENT


Mr Narmin Othman Jamal Al-Karbouli
28th King Abdulaziz St.
Riyadh 11415,
Saudi Arabia.

Hello my dear Friend,

My greetings to you and your family.

I wish to apologize for any inconveniences this proposal may cause you as we
have never met or known each other before.

I am Mr Narmin Othman Jamal Al-Karbouli,an Iraqi National from the northern
Kurdish town of Diyala,and former member of the Iraqi interim Government
after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.I am presently living in exile in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia after the assassination of my wife and children by the Mehdi
Army militia,Led by Muqtada al-Sadr.

My purpose of sending this message is to solicit for your assistance to help
me transfer the sum of seven million five hundred thousand US
dollars(US$7.5M) that I deposited with a finance and security company in
London,UK.Due to the political crisis in my country and my present status,I
am unable to secure entry visa to travel to London to collect the funds.This
is the reason why I am soliciting for your help to transfer the funds to
your custody, until I can come and meet you in your country.I intend
relocating to your country and using the funds for investment purposes in
your country.

I am offering you (US$1.8 Million) 25% of the funds as
compensation/commission for your assistance.75% of the money is for me,
whereas 5% of it shall be used to take care of overall expenses incurred in
the course of the transaction.Though there are still rooms for more
negotiations on this.

I will send to you all the relevant documents covering the transaction and
also give you Power of attorney to receive the funds on my behalf as the
TRUSTEE.

For security reasons,please reply to my alternative email id:
myofficemail9999@mail.ru

Please treat with utmost urgency and confidentiality.

Kind Regards,

Mr Narmin Othman Jamal Al-Karbouli

Anti-fraud resources:

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