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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • julia_duany1@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Julia <julia_duany11@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: julia_duany@sify.com
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:58:01 +0000
Subject: Urgent Attention From Miss Julia.


Hello
Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself. My name is Julia =
Duany; The only Daughter of (Late Chief Duany Freeman) Who lost his life in =
my country Liberia During the war. My father willed in cash, the sum of $4.8 =
Million US Dollars which he deposited in one of the Bank here in Dakar =
Senegal, west Africa, with enabling conditions for the release of the fund =
which are as follows:
(1) That I must be 22 years or above.
(2) That upon request for the release of the fund, there must be evidence of =
investment intentions especially outside the west Africa,
I contact you therefore to confirm if you can absorb me in partnership in =
your company or possibly advise me on any investment opportunity in your =
country. When i reach agreement with you, the Bank will release my fund to =
you and i will come over to you to commence the investment of the fund.
I expect your urgent response including your addresses, your telephone
and fax number.
You can contact Me through this e-mail: julia_duany1@sify.com
Thanks for expected cooperation.
Yours Truly,
Julia Duany.

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