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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 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.
  • barr_clement@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Clement Eklou" <eklou_01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barr_clement@excite.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:44:04 +0200
Subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR CONCERN

I sent you this same e-mail earlier but you have not responded or you
didn't received it.I have
decided to contact you once again through this means since I got
your contact details from my search having in mind that friendship
starts from a point in time.
Friends today were once strangers.
I am Mr. Clement Eklou Financial advicer to the former president of Togo
Gen.Gnassigbe Eyadema.
The General left in my custody the sum of US$15,000,000 (FIFTEEN
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS )
Which we are about shifting to Switzerland before his death and
immediately I got the information
that he has given-up to gosht, I lodged this money in one of our
security company as family tresure
belonging to a foreigner due to the topci-tovi in the country then and
hoping to pull it out as soon as
the opportunity comes.
Best regards,
Mr Clement Eklou.
Email: barr_clement@excite.com

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