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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:
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • judepressley@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "General Jude Pressley" <webinfo101@tremisonier.net>
Reply-To: judepressley@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:28:26 +0000
Subject: Foreign Partner



My name is Jude Pressley,I am the store keeper of a security deposit company.I am making this proposition to you in confidence.There has been an abandoned Boxes in our Security Company safe keeping for over Three years now.
The depositor,a Liberian,is one Chief Thomas Williams.His next of kin as we have in our record is Mrs Jane Williams.When I realized that this term of deposit has been abandoned for a very long time,which is unusual,I decided to carry out investigation on my own.
However i discovered that Chief Thomas Williams was involved in a car accident and died instantly along with his wife.He survived with no children.So,there is no one to come forward and lay claim to this item in our vault as the beneficiary.
Chief Williams was an oil tycoon who has been coming to Africa to buy crude oil via Ghana,Egypt In a nut-shell,I am the only one who knows this facts,and I do not want the money to go into the company's treasure,as our policy allows.
We have in our record that Chief Williams boxes in our safe keeping is worth US$12.5million.This means the cash in the box totals US$12.5million.I want to make a deal with you.
I want you to lay claim as the beneficiary,i put everything together,it will be easy.First,we have to execute a POWER OF ATTORNEY{that is change of ownership}.I will find a highly reputable Lawyer to do this.But first,I will like to hear from you before I take any step further.I want this transaction between us to be confidential.And we have to be most truthful to each other.I will look forward to hearing from you.And I will appreciate your prompt response.
Contact me via email:( judepressley@hotmail.com )
Thanks.Yours Faithfully,
Jude Pressley.

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