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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.
• 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.
  • easylink687@rediffmail.com
  • easylink@rock.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "risu nam" <easylink1111@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:54:41 +0200
Subject: THANKS

FROM: RI SU NAM
REPLY TO THIS TWO PRIVATE EMAILS ONLY.
(easylink687@rediffmail.com)
(easylink@rock.com )

ATTN:THE PRESIDENT

Getting your contact was not an easy task because since I am not
computerliterate, I ordered my son to seek a partner very far away and
he
went to the institute of International Business to apply and he paid
them the
charges.
My name is RI SU NAM, The brother of GENERAL. NOH TAE-WOO, the
formerPresident of South Korea who ascended to power through a popular
electoral victory in 1988 to 1992. After serving duly, he was accused
of mass
embezzlement which ran into billions of won because of the GREAT
OLYMPICS 1988 which brought Korea to the world lime light, and was
arrested but
released after long years of incarceration and now under scrutiny.
Before my brother's was overthrown, We secretly transfered the sum of
$23.3 million United States Currency out of Seoul and deposited the
money with a
financial firm in abroad.I am contacting you because I want you to deal
with the
company and claim the money on our behalf as our foreign business
partner.
You will take 10% of the money as our business partner
When I receive your positive response i will let you know about the
operational method.
we do not want the government of my
Country to know about the money .Once you confirm the
receipt of the money ,I will come over to your Country or any
Country to start a new life.


Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Please reply urgently.

REPLY TO ONLY THIS TWO EMAILS.
(easylink687@rediffmail.com)
(easylink@rock.com )

Yours faithfully,
RI SU NAM

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