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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:
  • ",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 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.
  • +2348076719263 (Nigeria, 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.
  • rdfundinginvestment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "R&D FUNDING INVESTMENT" <info@funding.com>
Reply-To: rdfundinginvestment@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:15:26 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: DO YOU NEED AN URGENT LOAN OFFER!!! ***** This is spam *****


Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.adevarulholding.ro", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
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similar future email. If you have any questions, see
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Content preview: Goodday Sir/Madam, I am a financier I am willing to lend out
loans with the interest rate of 4% and with in the amount of $10,000 to $50,000,000
as the loan offer,I offer loan to all categories of people ,firms, companies,
all kinds of business organizations, private individuals and real estate
investors, I give out loans at very cheap and moderate rates. I am a certified,
registered and legit lender. You can contact me today if you are interested
in getting this loan, contact me for more information about the loan process,
process like the loan terms and conditions and how the loan will be transferred
to you. I need your urgent response if you are interested. You are to contact
me with this Email:rdfundinginvestment@gmail.com Interested Persons should
Fill out the Application Form below. APPLICATION: 1)Name 2)Prefix (Mr., Mrs.,
Ms., Dr., etc.): 3)First name: 4)Last name: 5)Business name(If Any): 6)Purpose
of loan: 7)Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd): 8)Gender:F 9)Marital status: 10)Next
Of Kin: 11)City: 12)State/Province: 13)Occupation: 14)Company name:(if Any
) 15)Work address: 16)State/Province: 17)Zip/postal code 18)Country: 19)Phone:
20)Fax: 21)Amount Needed As The Loan: 22)Duration: 23) Cell Phone: Ron Davis
R&D FUNDING INVESTMENT. +2348076719263 rdfundinginvestment@gmail.com [...]


Content analysis details: (5.6 points, 5.0 required)

pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
-1.7 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
1.9 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
1.5 URG_BIZ BODY: Contains urgent matter
1.0 US_DOLLARS_3 BODY: Mentions millions of $ ($NN,NNN,NNN.NN)
3.0 BAYES_95 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 95 to 99%
[score: 0.9865]
-0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam