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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • sndr_camara1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Sandra Camara" <sndr_camara2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sndr_camara1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:18:41 +0100
Subject: Best compliments.

Dear Best compliments.
It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I have intend to establish in your country.
Though i have not met before but I strongly believe that one have to risk confiding in someone to succeed from my present
situation and for the best of my future. I am the only child of late Smith Camara from Western Africa.
Due to the series of continious war in my country for multiple years ago, there is this huge amount of Ten million,
three hundred thousand U.S dollars($10.300,000.00) which My late father kept for me in a security storage house here in
Africa before he was assasinated by some unknown enemies. Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere
safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I urge that you will help me to transfer this fund to your country for
investment purposes on the followings below:
1). Telecommunication
2). Automobile manufacturing
3). Five star hotel If you can be of an assistance to me,
I will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund for your kind and human assistance.
I am await your soonest response. My warmest regards to your entire family.
Thank you and God bless you.
Sincerely, Miss Sandra Camara
Email: sndr_camara1@yahoo.com

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