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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 united states 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 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.
  • +447031835965 (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.
  • mrsadelinakalanga@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Adelina Kalanga" <mrsadelinakalanga@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:15:33 -0600
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND!!!


MRS ADELINA KALANGA
TEL: + 44 703 183 5965
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am a fifty two-year-old lady from the Republic of Angola. I got your contact details from my private search on internet for a reliable person/company that can assist me and my family financially in a business transaction. My husband was an allied and rebel leader in my country before he was brutally assassinated.

Before his demise as if he knows the looming danger of his involvements, he had deposited the sum of US 15.5million (Fifteen million five hundred thousand United States dollars) sealed in a kist in a private Security Company in United Kingdom. He told me about this money and handed over all the documents patterning it. I departed my country early this year to claim the money from the Security Company and start a new life with my two kids and my immediate younger brother.

On arrival to United Kingdom I found out that there is some financial involvement which I am not aware to enable me retrieve this money. Therefore I am looking for a capable hand who can come to United kingdom to assist us in this venture. I will give you the details once I get your positive response.

If this offer meets your approval you can reach my younger brother Paulo, on the phone number +44 703 183 5965 as my English is not good, or email: mrsadelinakalanga@katamail.com

Thank's and God bless you as I wait for your urgent response.

Regards
Adelina Kalanga (Mrs)

N.B NOTE THAT ME AND MY FAMILY WILL COMPESATE YOU WITH 20% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

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