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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 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.
  • oliveira.r@terra.com.br
  • vpvicari@uol.com.br
  • ozanich2@uol.com.br
  • hennel@terra.com.br
  • pauloacyr@ig.com.br
  • jbberbert@bol.com.br
  • maiahger@uol.com.br
  • dioest@uol.com.br
  • r.ozanich@terra.com.br

Fraud email example:

From: "rocar07" <rocar07@uol.com.br>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:44:03 -0300
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?b?RXN0cmFkYSBkYSBCb2ztdmlhLi4uROEgcHJhIGU=?=
=?iso-8859-1?b?bmNhcmFyID8=?=

filename="=?iso-8859-1?Q?BodyPart.txt?="


----- Original Message -----
From: "ricardo" <oliveira.r@terra.com.br>
To: "Vicari" <vpvicari@uol.com.br>; "Rosana" <ozanich2@uol.com.br>;
"Roberto" <roberto@trebor.com.br>; "Renato" <hennel@terra.com.br>; "Paulo
Acyr" <pauloacyr@ig.com.br>; "Mario" <santos@bitco.com.br>; "João"
<jbberbert@bol.com.br>; "Gerson" <maiahger@uol.com.br>; "Estella"
<dioest@uol.com.br>; "Angelo" <afranzao@mccann.com.br>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: Fw: Estrada no interior da Bolívia...Dá pra encarar ?



----- Original Message -----
From: "PEREZ,VITOR" <PEREZV@airproducts.com>
To: "oliveira.r" <oliveira.r@terra.com.br>; "Rosely"
<r.ozanich@terra.com.br>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: ENC: Estrada no interior da Bolívia...Dá pra encarar ?




-----Mensagem original-----
De: MIRANDA,CESAR ROBERTO
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 9 de agosto de 2006 09:33
Para: MAFUD,CELIO; COLEPICOLO,RONALDO; PEREZ,VITOR; NOBREGA,ROVILSON
RONDINELLI; SAUER,MAURO ANTONIO; KEOCHEGUERIANS,FLAVIO; PASSINI,REINALDO;
PITA,PEDRO M; COSTA,DANILO S
Assunto: Estrada no interior da Bolívia...Dá pra encarar ?


Que tal um passeio desse na Bolívia?

Acho que vi em uma das fotos o Pita dirigindo um dos seus caminhões.

Abraços,

Cesar.







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