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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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • issammajeed0001@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:54:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Good Morning,



Good Morning,
I had your contact and would like to share a very important business with y=
ou.if it did not interest you,I want you to excuse me. I am Mr Issam Majeed=
, I work in Iraq with the American Soldiers as a translator.I have evidence=
for you to show the reality and genuity of this transaction. In one of our=
military operations in Iraq, we discovered a strong trunk box in a big man=
sion of a famous Iraqian businessman in the town of TIKRIT. This strong tru=
nk box,contains a hudge amount of money $20 Million United state Of America=
n Dollars We immediately kept this strong trunk box in a safe place with th=
ree other American soldiers.After long deliberations between us to know whe=
ther we should give this funds to the American authorities in charge of the=
place or not,we in accord decided to share the funds amongs ourself.For sh=
aring, each one of us received the sum of USD5 Million. as for my own part,=
because of the problems of safety in Iraq, I decided to arrange with
the security agents in Iraq to transfer my share of the funds out of Iraq,=
precisely in London.I parkaged the funds in a parcel and sealed in a trunk=
box as being family affairs and I coded it meaning to say that no person k=
nows that this parcel contains money except me. What I tell you is the trut=
h and if we transact together in this business, you will see it. Thus, I co=
ntact you to see whether you can help me in recovering the trunk Box in a p=
rivate security company in London and to transfer it in your country and I =
would like to invest these funds in profitable fields. I would give you als=
o some percentage of the funds if you agreed to assist in this transaction,=
the percentage we will discuss when I receive your positive answer. The Ir=
aqi insurrectionists are against me with the result that they seek to kill =
me because I make translations to the American soldiers. I do not leave any=
how without the American Soldiers to avoid the worst.I do not use
telephones nor do I receive calls here. I use only the Internet and the wa=
lkie-talkies to communicate with soldiers with whom I work. If this transac=
tion is well concluded, I want to resign of this work because to live here =
in Iraq it is too risky. I thank you and I awaits your response.=20
Alternative email address=A0=A0=A0 issammajeed0001@mail.ru
Issam Majeed.
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