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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "million united states 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)
• 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.
  • asmith1@portugalmail.pt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alex Smith" <asllexx0002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: asmith1@portugalmail.pt
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:12:45 -0900
Subject: BE BLESS , AS YOU READ AND REPLY THIS HELP.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Alex Smith a personal accountant to one Dr. Jonathan Mann, who died
with his family in Swissair accident in 1998. The CNN webpage below will
tells you more about my client;
http://www.cnn.com/health/9809/03/dr.mann.profile

My purpose of contacting you is to ask for your aid in partnership to
repatriate the sum of us$30 million that belongs to my client in a
domiciliary bank account here in United Kingdom.

As soon as i heard from you, i will give you the details/ operational method
on how to repatriate the said THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS into your
bank account for our mutual benefit. While replying, include your phone
number and fax for voice communications.

I really need this money to take care of my wife kidney transplanting
surgery operation which involve huge amount of money. Please help me to get
this $30 million out from Barclays bank. EMAIL ME BACK
via'''asmith1@portugalmail.pt"

Truly yours,
Alex Smith.


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