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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • mark33362003@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: peter mark <p_mark20@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: uaenet_10@fsmail.net
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:57:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Singh


Dear Singh ,

Permit me to introduce myself, my name is PETER MARK.I work with (CITIZEN INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC) of Nigeria as (Chief Auditor),in the discharge of my duty, I stumbled on this fixed deposit account that has remained dormant for three years now. with Ten million dollars(US$25m)in it.

I contacted my director and we sent out staff for enquiries and discovered that the account holder died in a bellview airplane disaster that occour in part of ogun state recently and the fund is ready be transfer to is account before the end of this last quater. I am writing you so that we can work together to remit the money to you as the next of kin because this money belong to a foreigner and has to be claim by a foreigner.

I guarantee this transaction under a legitimate arrangements that will not breach the law by both parties, it is simple process which will take a short while to process.

Please reply me through this e-mail address mark33362003@yahoo.co.uk,
I will tell you all you need to Know about the money please your telephone/faxnumbers
are needed urgent when replying me.

Best Regards,
PETER MARK

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