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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:

• 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.
  • mariam_derek20@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "from mariam" <mariam_derek2000@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mariam_derek200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:50:47 +0000
Subject: PLEASE AM LOOKING HLAP

Dear ,

I got your contact from the Ecowas Infomation Center in SENEGAL.
My sources of your contact gave me the courage and
confidence.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish
in your country, though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk
confiding in success sometimes in life. I am Miss Mariam Derek willam, the daughter
of the former minister for DEFENCE and INTERIOR. There is this huge amount of
US$6.8million (SIX MILION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) which my late father
kept for us in the security company here in senegal dakar before he was assassinated
by unknown persons.

Now I and my younger brother have decided to invest these money in your country or
anywhere save enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. We want you to
help us claim and retrieved these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and Transfer it
into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on profitable ventures.

If you can be of an assistance to us, we will pleased to offer you 25% of the total fund.
while we have set aside 15% of the total fund for any expenses incur by you during the
process. I await your soonest response through our private
mailbox: mariam_derek20@yahoo.co.uk

Your house Addres............................
Your Phone Number .........................
Your Fax Number .............................
N.B. Upon your interest, I will forward you the
security company contact immediately .
Respectfully yours,
Mariam derek.

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