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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.
  • narrooballah@mail.austria.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR BALLAH <narrooballah@mail.austria.com>
Reply-To: narrooballah@ozu.es
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:16:22 +0200
Subject: PLEASE DO RESPOND URGENTLY


Dear Son of God,
My name is Mr Ballah Narroo ,an old time businessman from Mauritius . I would like to share my pain with you . I have been diagnosed with cancer of the brain.I have tried all my best with all the money i have to treat it , but to no avail. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, it is getting worse day by day.

I have given enough of my wealth to my family members,and i do not trust their competent to help me distribute the rest of my welth to charity which happens to be my last wish, so i decided to contact you. I have about US$2,000,000,00 ( Two million Dollars ) which i depostied with a security bank so long ago in Spain that only my lawyer knows about and
none of my family members know about it. I wish you as a child of God to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.

Also i have decided that you should take 15% from the fund for yourself for any expenses incured during this endeavour.

Contact me : narrooballah@mail.austria.com , narrooballah@ozu.es
May the lord be with you.
Mr Ballah Narroo.

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