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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:

• 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.
  • diorgugomez5@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Dior" <diorgugomez1@uk2.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: diorgugomez2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:13:23 +0000
Subject: Thanks for your cooperation

My Dear,

Thank you for your mail and wilingness to cooperate with us.I have informed my contact and intimated him of your desire to work with him but the problem is that my client has 15 million euro cash to invest in a viable project.If you are capable and willing to travel to Spain for a meeting ,please let me know so I can inform my client.The money will be sent here directly from Africa when and if the terms are met.If you have a good business plan please lets work on it as my client is very eager to get things off the ground and rolling.
this is not a bulk produced email or a chain-letter, it is a personal invitation to you to become actively involved in a plan that will ensure us financial and timebound freedom. Please take you rtime to read and to understand my words,I'd really do offer great advice. And feel free to contact me at any time, even if only to say "hello".
i awaits your rapid responce again ( diorgugomez5@yahoo.com <mailto:diorgugomez5@yahoo.com> )

Sincerly
Mr Dior.

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