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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:

• 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.
  • +447094689315 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Marilyn Scmidts" <marilynschmidts@msn.com>
Reply-To: marilynschmidts@hushmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:50:24 +0000
Subject: RE:Payment of US$1,200,000.00,Please Acknowledge

Sir/Madam,

RE: Payment of US$1,200,000.00

 

Be informed that we have received a final instruction from our head office in the United Kingdom that all unclaimed prize   money should be returned bank to the lottery commission.

You are hereby notified to expedite action with the collection of your winnings totaling US$1,200,000.00, within the next 7 days on receipt of this   message, to avoid cancellation and withdrawal of your payment as stated above.
After this date our management will no longer be held responsible for non-payment of your winnings.
Kindly contact our company attorney, Robert Cohorst on his direct telephone line: +447094689315, if you need an oral clarification.

Please inform me if you need any further assistance and clearly re-confirm the mode of payment you wish to get your winnings   (telegraphic transfer or by certified bank cheque)

Ms. Marilyn Schmidts
Payment Administrator

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