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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
• 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.
  • tommoorr1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Thomas"<tommoor3@myway.com>
Reply-To: tommoor1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:05:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent Information


DEAR , CAN YOU HELP ME IN RECIEVING THIS BOX OF MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY CONTAINING THE SUM OF $ 10,500,000 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD) FOR AN INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY, I am MR. Thomas Moor 28 years,from west africa .My step father wants to take the money from me and he has already seized all the properties my late Fatherleft for me in Uk.Right now he is monitoring all my phone calls and conversation ,threatening to kill me if i don,t disclose my late fathers finacial secret to him.That is why i need your help and also your advise on how to invest this money.I am ready to offer you 20% of this money for your kindness and effort.Meanwhile i am in UAE in search of blue cheap investment, but someone said buying of houses in united arab emirates (uae), is good , but i don't know your idea on thisPLEASE SEND ME REPLY WITH YOUR NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATIONS TO :tommoorr1@gmail.com Thanks,Thomas Moor

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