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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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • christian_duke13@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Christian=20Duke?= <christian_duke13@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: christian_duke1@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:09:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Christian Duke


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : christian_duke13@yahoo.fr



- From Christian Duke Deari know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I am giving you my trust and wish you will give me back the trust i have givening you.i need your help My Name is christian duke the only Son of duke i am 20 year old Before the death of my father on 14th September 2007 my father told me that he deposited sum of $10.2million u.s dollars haer in the security company here in Cote D'ivoire i want you to help me to receive this money cash i wish to let you know if you help me receive this money I will compensate you with 20% of this money.As soon as I receive your reply I give you the contact of the security company so you will contact them as my late father partner who will help me receive this money out of this Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me receive this money cash before this people who kill my father will kill me too l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of the money for me. Christian Duke I am waiting to hear from you.

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