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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ajhdedwards@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Edward A.Davidsons" <ajhdedwards@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dvaedwardo@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:37:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Respectfully yours


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ajhdedwards@yahoo.com

I thanks you for your understanding

- Dear Partner and friend,Your country is a very beautiful place and holds fantastic investment opportunities for foreigners,please kindly permit me to introduce myself, I am Mr.Davidson Edward Amoah. You might not know me in person but I know you a little through your information I gathered for investment purposes.I am the Vault Manager with a reputable Storage and Security Company situated in Cape Coat-Ghana. There is these 29 Trunk Boxes/Consignments that has been shortlisted for immediate disposal / burning by the Management and Board of our Company This message might meet you in (utmost surprise),however,it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am a Chief Security Officer and currently holding the post of Vault Director & Auditing in our Security company. I have the opportunity of Moving out unclaimed Trunk Boxes/Consignment that has over stayed in our security Vault for many years.These left over Trunk Boxes/Consig!
nments contain funds running into millions of United States Dollars which the management of our company does not know about but only me, hence I have Electronically scanned these consignments/Trunk Boxes to know their true contents. The deceased customer late Mr.Raymond Beck & Mrs.Dorene beck who died on (Egypt Air Flight 990) along with his family on a plane crash find the below history through the website.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm. Hence,I am inviting you for a business deal where these Consignments/Trunk Boxes Funds can be shared between us in the ratio of 50/50.Upon the completion in claiming of these Trunk Boxes/Consignments and having it delivered to your doorstep in your country. If you found it interested to join hands with me to chapion this transaction by agreeing to partner with me in participation to successfully execute this business proposal with me further details of this transaction will be made known to you in earliest time and !
what and how to bring this transaction to completion by both of us.Whi
le I look forward to receive your immediate response and acceptance with your full contact details to enable me process the claims and collection of the deposit as the bonafide depositor and owner. Respectfully yours,Davidson Edward Amoah.

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