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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • frank_hawson@yahoo.co.nz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?frank=20hawson?= <frank_hawson@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 03:22:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: please reply


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: frank_hawson@yahoo.co.nz

Good day,

I am frank hawson from Zimbabwe son of a white

farmer.The Government introduced a new land decree that made it

mandatory

for white farmers to forfeit a large portion of there farmlands to

black farmers .

The white farmers resisted which resulted in the killing and seizing of

our

assests, my farther was killed I escaped to london with the help of my

farthers manager who is a british . Now I am in hiding but before my

farther died he deposited some funds in a security company in Indonasia

9.5 million usd .

I need you to assist me by going to the depositing company in Indonasia

to act and secure the funds as my appointed beneficiary,

i will give ($1.350usd) of the total sum while 2 % will be set aside

for

expenses

that might be incured during the transaction I hope you will be trust

worthy. please reply

thank you

frank hawson



- frank hawson

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