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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • jennifermjohnson10@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JOHNSONJENNIFER <jenifermjohnson@yp.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:34:25 +0000
Subject: Dear Choosen Partner



Dear Choosen Partner

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not
know before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation.
You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the
fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came
by your contact information because there are many such possibilities
these days.

I would like to introduce myself as Mrs.Jennifer Johnson of Repulic of
Benin Africa, widow to Late Mr.Tony Johnson From America (U.S.A) a
Businessman base here in our county Benin . I have been recently been
daigonosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I am writing from my sick bed
here in our country Benin Rep.West Africa.


There is this US$1.5Million (One Million Five Thousand U.s Dollars) my
husband deposited in Bank here in our country of which I am the next
of kin. With my health condition and because my husband and I have no
children, I am looking for a credibleperson to whom I will pass the
right of next of kin.



This person will apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the
fund to your bank account with my instruction.



This is on the condition that you will take 15% of the fund for
yourself, while you will use the remaining 85% for the less previlege
people in the society like the motherless homes.This is in fulfilment
of the last request of my late husband: that a substantial part of the
fund be used to carter for the less previleged.



If this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact me
immediately with your following informations


1-) Names,
2-) Direct Telephone number
3-) Age
4-) Occuation and position



This informations will be forward to the Bank as my Beneficiary to
enable them know i have authorised you to claim the fund on my behalf.

I have contacted you because i want a foreignerto handle this project,
since my own relatives who are surpose to handle this project have
uselessed all my late husband wealths and properties which i entrusted
to them.



I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time the fund will be
transfered into your account, but you should please ensure that the
fund is used as i have described above.

I look forward to your response in my most confidential email addresss
jennifermjohnson10@gmail.com



Yours,
Mrs. jennifer Johnson

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