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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.
• 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.
  • roseominicanada@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rose Grand" <roseominicanada@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:27:02 +0000
Subject: THIS IS CANADIAN HOTEL

Hotel Canadian,
I am Mrs Rose Grand from canada, I am the Manager of Canadian Hotels,Hotel need Men and Women, who can work and live in Hotel Canadian .
CANADIAN HOTELS CANADA,
WELCOME TO HOTEL OMNI

Hotel will pay for his ticket and his visa in his country,Hotel needs twenty more additional workers for immediate employmnent,but you will take care of your Health/Life Insurance docuents in your Continents.
I shall furnish you with adequate informations relating to the speedy processing of your visa by the immigration Burreau department and your visa shall be issued from the Canadian embassy in your country.
If you are interested ,contact me back immediatelly o.k.
E- mail :
roseominicanada@yahoo.com
NOTE:
Only candidates that contacted us via our E-mail address shall be answered.
E-mail=
roseominicanada@yahoo.com

sign ,
Manager of the Hotel Canadian
Mrs Christana Rose Grand

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