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

Fraud email example:

From: "kimbery brown" <kimberlyb@luxmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: browmkim@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:06:57 +0400
Subject: URGENT

CONFIDENTIAL

Sir/Madam,

I hope my letter will not meet you as a surprise. My name is Kimberly Brown a daughter to the late minister of petroleum in the republic of Ghana.

I graduated from Oxford University in London. My father died as a result of a diamond deal he had with the president, during the process of sharing their income, my father was assassinated by hired killers, that was some months ago. After then my mother me and my siblings traveled out of the country for security reasons.

I am 23 years old, the eldest of my brothers and sisters, and the same time the next of kin to my father. We a planning to invest the family capital abroad for security.

If you are interested to be our partner send your reply to browmkim@yahoo.com

Awaiting your response urgently,

Kimberly Brown

Anti-fraud resources:

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