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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031818983 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • fatimah_abubakar2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Fatimah Abubakar." <ftmh_abubakar@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fatimah_abubakar2007@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 23:14:21 +0800
Subject: Good day,

Hi Dear ,
I do understand the concern this letter will bring to you for the fact that it comes
from someone strange to you. My name is Fatimah Abubakar from South Africa.
I am studying in london, I am 26years old and the only child of my parents.
My father is a businessman/supplier who does business within South Africa
and malaysia in supplies of veterinary medicines like BOSSOMITE OIL 5000 I.U,
this medicine BOSSOMITE OIL 5000 I.U is for curing cow mouth disease, support
good fat growth of cow and it is also been used for all other animals.
He comes to malaysia every month to supply this medicine to one Doctor from
london who treat animals in veterinary hospitals in South Africa and Dubai.
As my father is old and cannot monitor this business anymore, he then sent
me to london for study and at the same time to do the supply of this medicine
to the doctor whenever he is ready to buy it.
The company that sell this medicine to me require that i should have a local
person that will assit me and that is why i am contacting you. Mr. Hong Wi
use to help me as we always make gain of 150,000RM at anytime we sell to
the doctor from England but he always cheat me and only give me 30,000RM
out of the whole 150,000RM and it is from this money that i will have to send
to my father to pay for his medical bills and also to take care of my school fees,
and some miscellaneous expenses here in london.
The doctor has called for the medicine again, that is why i need your asistance
and came across your contact. Please i will like to meet with you, so that we
can talk one on one over this business, here is my contact number and my
email address for easy contact.. +447031818983, (fatimah_abubakar2007@yahoo.com )
i look forward to hear from you soonest, have a wonderful day.
Fatimah Abubakar.

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