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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • forglobalinvestment@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Fadiga Khalid." <forglobalinvestment@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: forglobalinvestment@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:49:47 +0200
Subject: Attn. Dear Sir.

Dear Sir,
We are an investment company that specializes in co-ordinating highyielding investments for our clients who want to make confidential investments in any part of the world. We have clients who are interested in making investments worth millions of US dollars but specifically want to invest confidentially by appointing a third party to manage the investments on their behalf.
We are contacting you to know your ability and willingness to make and manage such investments with little supervision. Please confirm to us that you will work with us to achieve the investment objectives of our clients.The fund is available in a secure bank account and shall be released upon favourable agreement with you. Please note that we want to make the investment as confidential as ever. If we do not hear from
you in 7 days, we shall consider it that you are not favourably disposed to accept our offer. You can contact me on forglobalinvestment@yahoo.com I await your urgent response.
Faithfully,

Fadiga Khalid

For:Global Investments Ltd.

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