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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:

• 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.
  • +447024042920 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles jude" <charlesjude171717@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: charlesjude41@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:19:53 +0100
Subject: RE-PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.


* FEDERAL RESERVE BANK LONDON UK.*
**
*From:Mr.Charles R. Jude,*
*Chairman Foreign operation,*
*Federal Reserve Bank London UK.*
*Address General Secretariat,*
*210, Prince Charles,*
*New yarmouth,7983 England UK. *
*Phone:+44-70-24-04-29-20. *
*Date:10th/09/
2008.*

*Attention Beneficiary, *
*** *
* RE-PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.** *

*Compliments. This is to notify you the position of your payment.Your money
has been loaded into ATM MASTER CARD in other to deliver to you direct to
your house door step at hand to hand.*
**
*Therefore, you are to forward me with the below stated details to enable
your ATM MASTER CARD got deliverred to you at your house door step hand to
hand.*
**
*We are doing it this way to make sure your payment is secured as unknown
officials monitors transactions through computer data base to know people's
transaction, then and claim to be one of the official, so be ware of them.*
**
*Meanwhile, kindly forward me with the below stated information's so that
your ATM MASTER CARD can be deiliverred to you at your house door step
without any mistake or delay.*
**
*1) Your house address *
*2) Your international passport. *
*3) Your occupation. *
*4) Your company's name. *
**
*Looking forward to hearing from you soonest. *
**
*Sincerely Yours, *
*Mr.Charles R. Jude.*
* Chairman Foreign operation,
Federal Reserve Bank London UK.
Address General Secretariat,
210, Prince Charles,
New yarmouth,7983 England UK.
Phone:+44-70-24-04-29-20.
*

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