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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ronald Susan <susan.ronald_ph@web.de>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:51:27 +0200
Subject: Mrs Susan Ronald From Philippines Very Urgent,




Mrs Susan Ronald From Philippines Very Urgent,
Private Email (susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr [mailto:susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr])


Dearest One,
My name is Mrs.Susan Ronald,the wife of late Mr.Nicole Ronald,a Minister during president Joseph Estrada regime in Philippines.who is recently killed in philippine,.during my husband's regime as a Minister ,he realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that he successfully executed, and he have many businesses in the united state of america ,but now the Government has seized all his banks accounts and properties in phlilippines and in america including my own as his wife ,making me and my child to leave with nothing,well before my late husband was killed,my husband secretly deposited a trunk box containing the sum of ( $12,000,000) Twelve Million USD with a security company abroad during the reign of president Joseph Estrada government were he serve as a Minister , which nobody or the government , did not no about it ,expect me as his wife

I found your name through the internet , and i believe God will use you to bring out this money out of the security company abroad that is why i am contacting you because,you may be God fearing someone that is why ,i want you to help me in securing the money for the future of my only child since the government now monitor all my movement i trust you, as God fearing someone who will not seize the money when you claim it out of the security company i will give you 20% of the total money for your assistance.

Bear in mind that this transaction remains confindential to yourself alone

For more information please contact me through this email address below .
(susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr [mailto:susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr])

Thankyou, and God bless .
Best regards Mrs Susan Ronald.



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