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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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• 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.
  • gjerryoakley2@rocketmail.com
  • jerryoakley3@yahoo.pl

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?Oakley=20Jerry?= <jerryoakley2@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.


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- I am Mr.JERRY OAKLEY, Manager Bill & Exchange Dept bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso in West Africa. I am personal confidant accountant to Late Dr. Ravindra F. Shah an American nationalist who died on 1st Oct. 2003 as a result of plane crash with his entire family on their way to attend wedding in Boston. He died left behind the total sum of 38.4MUSD in his bank account with my bank. I am contacting you so that you will apply to the bank as the his next of kin and claim the funds, because all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him the same day based on my enquiry at deceased embassy. Meanwhile you are entitle of 40% of the total sum while 10% is mapped out for the expenses we both may incur during the exercise of the transaction while 50% is for me. Upon your affirmative reply I will give you more details and directives. Mr.JERRY OAKLEY.GOD BLESSINGS, PROTECTIONS AND GUIDIANCE TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. IF THIS BUSINESS INTEREST YOU KINDLY REPLY BACK TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE email contact: jerryoakley3@yahoo.pl/Tel:+22678828998.

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