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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • djonesmr1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Dadson Jones" <djonesmr@myguide.com>
Reply-To: djonesmr@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:52:25 -0700
Subject: From: The Desk of Dr.Dadson Jones.




From: The Desk of Dr.Dadson Jones.
The former Personal Assistance to
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc
E-mail djonesmr1@yahoo.com [1]
Dear Sir,
Letter of Business ProposalI am. Dr.Dadson Jones the former
personnel assistance to the General Manager of Standard Trust Bank
(Nig) Plc. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this
transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. (30%
for you, 60% for me and 10% to cover up any expenses that maybe
incured during the
process of carryout the transaction.)

The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart to
enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the $7.2million dollars
left by our late deceased foreign customer who died in a plane crash
with his family (Mr. Donald M. Harrison) since April 27th 2003.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since
the time the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release
this fund to any of his relative
abroad. I will give you more details
about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response via my
email address stated above. Meanwhile send me the Requirement:

(1) Names:
(2) Address:
(3) Country:
(4) Your Tel / Fax:
(5) Office Address:
(6) Age:
(7) E-Mail:
(8) Occupation:
I will get back to you, before we proceed to the next step.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Dr. Dadson Jones.

Links:
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[1] mailto:djonesmr1@yahoo.com

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