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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 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.
  • +31655591570 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • cititrust_amsterdam@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrs thelma williams <mrs_thelma_williams3@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:53:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT


DEAR REV BEYTEH,
WITH THANKS I WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECIEPT OF YOUR MAIL.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES SO AS TO GET A GOOD AND REPUTABLE COMPANY THAT CAN SUPPLY THE NEEDED CHEMICALS TO YOU AS YOU REQUESTED.
I AM THEREFORE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING A CHEMICAL COMPANY FROM AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS AND HAVE ALSO GIVEN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THEM AND HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU BUT ALL TO NO AVAIL.
PLEASE BE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHEMICAL COMPANY MR ROY NEWMAN WHOM I HAVE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF THE CHEMICAl WITH. YOU CAN REACH HIM ON HIS DIRECT TEL: +31-655591570 FAX: +31--847196251 EMAIL: cititrust_amsterdam@yahoo.com

DO GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU HAVE CONTACTED HIM SO THAT I WILL BE ABREAST OF YOUR DEALING WITH HIM AND WILL ADVICE YOU WHERE AND WHEN NECESSARY.
THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED.
MRS THELMA WILLIAMS


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