419 scam: " MR JACKO MAREE"<jacko489ma@hotmail.com> Dear Friend,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- jacko4829ma@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " MR JACKO MAREE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jacko4829ma@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:17:31 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

ATTN:Dear Friend,

I got your information from the internet and is willing and prepared to trust and confide in you,in view of the fact that he who trusts men makes fewer mistakes than he who does not.iam writing to seek your participation and trust and confidence in my confidential deal below which if executed as planned, will be of mutual benefit to to you and me.
.I am MR JACKO MAREE, DIRECTOR (auditing and Accounting department) of STANBIC BANK, LONDON ,UNITED KINGDOM .
I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($25.5)million to your account within 10 or 14 banking days.This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim.

I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer(the owner of the account)who died alongside with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2000.

I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.

Upon receipt of your reply i will give you full details on how the business will be executed.Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Thanks with best regards,
yours truely
JACKo MAREE
(jacko4829ma@hotmail.com)

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