419 scam: Jeffery James Dean <kstankie@peoplepc.com> PRIVATE INFORMATION!!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024031552 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- jeff.dean00@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Jeffery James Dean <kstankie@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: Jeffery James Dean <jeff.dean00@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:52:40 +0300 (GMT+03:00)
Subject: PRIVATE INFORMATION!!!

Desk Of Euro Lotto Org.
Mr. Jeffery James Dean
June 6th,2009.

Good day,

My name is Mr Jeffery James Dean, I work in the Euro Lottery. I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of 4,528,000 GBP, should you be willing to assist me in this project, you will be giving me just 25% of your winnings.

Just as a brief,you just have to register online,due to my position in the company I can make it happen that you would be a winner of the above stated amount, in this regard no member of my immediate family or relative,friend and well wishers will be accepted as a winner of the lottery under the policy of this lottery firm and as such i seek your corperation.

Naturally, every body would like to play a lottery if they are assured of winning.

I am assuring you today to be a winner, please do not take for granted this once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to collectively gain from this at the success of the transaction. Should you be willing to assist me in this transaction

please do respond to direct e-mail: jeff.dean00@gmail.com

Regards,
Jeffery James Dean

I am Mr. Todd Graham, an Accountant with Lloyds Trust Bank Plc, I am the personal

Account Manager to Mr. Anderson Cook.On the 21st of April 2004, Mr. Anderson Cook

(Herein after shall be referred to as my client), his wife and their three children were

involved in a car accident in London. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the

event of the accident, since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my

client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several

Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any

member of His family but of no avail, hence I contacted you to stand as his next of kin.The deceased had an account valued at about 10 million Great British Pounds.Please provide us with the information below;

1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age/Sex:
5. Occupation:
6. Direct Phone number:

Best regards,
Mr. Todd Graham
+44-702-403-1552

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