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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:
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • f_mane2006@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fmane" <fmane@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 20:47:59 -0600
Subject: FROM FRANK


From Frank Mane.
Good Day my dear,

I am Mr FRANK MANE Mane from Ivory Coast. I am a orphan being that I lost my father a couple of years ago. My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death . He was assassinated january 2002 by the rebels following the political uprising.

Before his death he had a foreign account here in Cote d'Ivoire up to the tune of $15Million dollars which he distinguished and deposited with a Bank in their security vault for the importation of cocoa processing machine. I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production and I am going to take it as my personal task to assist the orphans like me and widows . This is my reason f or writing to you.If you are thus and truly disposed to assist me and in transferring of this fund kindly write me through my email address below. More information about the lifting of this funds legally follows immediately after your positive reply.

Please reply me with this email :f_mane2006@yahoo.ca

Thanks and best regards .
Mr Frank Mane.

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