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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:
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • j.sage1@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jim Sage <j.sage204@msn.com>
Reply-To: <j.sage1@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:59:23 +0000
Subject: please reply



Hello,

It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and assistance in the context stated below, I am Mr. Jim Sage, the personal Assistant to the late Mr. Daniel Harold. I got your contact during my search for a reliable person I could do business with, though I do not know you but I seek to ask a favour from you as this will sincerely benefit the both of us and all parties involved.

My late Boss was an Executive officer of a leading oil servicing firm for 10 years and he retired on the 28th day of September 2006. After a month, My Boss and his entire family died on their way to a Conference in an Automobile crash on the 11th day of December 2006.Before his death my Boss had a total sum of $13,000,000.00(USD) with a company in Europe, hoping of transferring the funds to his country {United Kingdom} after his retirement as soon as he comes back from the conference.

According to the {DEED OF WILL} made be my late Boss, He wrote {DEED OF WILL} that if anything should happen to him, That I should make sure I locate any of his family members. Since, I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for close to a year now, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased.I agree to pay you 50% of the fund as the account owner, 50% for me.

Please do provide the following information for the application processing.
1. Your full name2. Contact address3. Occupation4. Phone number for verbal communication5. Age (Date of Birth)
I would also like you to please reach me only through my personal and confidentail email address of: j.sage1@hotmail.co.uk

I assure you that this is risk free and we would surely gain alot from this so long as you co-operate with me please.I await your urgent reply to my personal email box only.
Regards,Jim Sage.

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