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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.
  • mackgeorge1@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS.CRISTINA ROS DIE <crisdieros@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: cristinadie1@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:14:02 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICTION


INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM
MADRID SPAIN
FILE REFERENCE NO:
PP2005-001-MLI
BATCH: 1505/004NL
TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM
We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting
sweepstake held recently.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses
were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.
However,your email address was attached to ticket number 10CBG3471913;
with serial number 19034 draw the lucky numbers 1-9-74-31, which
eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. This entitled
to a cash award of €500,000.00 ( FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS). This is
from total prize money of €15,000,000.00 distributed
to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.
Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some
other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
To begin your claim, please contact the claims coordinator
Mr. Mack George
On Telephone 0034636402768
Email address: mackgeorge1@netscape.net
Yours Faithfully,
MRS.CRISTINA ROS DIE

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