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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • jjjcurtis9@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jcurtis2008@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jcurtis2008@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LETS WORK TOGETHER FOR PARTNERSHIP


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jjjcurtis9@yahoo.com



- My Dear Sir/Maddam, I am compelled to contact you in respect of this urgent matter having found your name in my search for the relatives of late Engineer MARK, who was until his untimely death a contractor in my country. My Name is Mr. MR JONES CURTIS,I am the sole administrator and executor of the late contractor's estate. By virtue of my status, I have been called upon to present his Next of Kin within a limited period of time to claim and receive a certain amount of money that is due to him before his death. If the FUND in question is not claimed within the specified time as ordered by the Contract Payment Office, the payment will be cancelled and labeled UNCLAIMED CONTRACT PAYMENT, It will be lost forever. This must be avoided by all means. Please contact me urgently through my private email address jcurtis2008@yahoo.co.uk for more details and clarifications. Thank you very much. Sincerely, MR JONES CURTIS

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