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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • hassananie@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hansaan anie <hansaan@hansaananie07.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:17:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: READ


Dear Sir/Madam
I am Mr HASSAN ANIE based in bagdad in iraq.I am the son of late major general in charge of purchase and maintainace in the past sadam hussain regime.Due to the situation here in in iraq,those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here,no stable goverment,bomb explotion at strategic places every now and then,sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack,above all.the crisis in iraq now has made business activities totaly parallised for quite sometime now.for instance,no good telephone facilities,no adiquate security,infact,all most all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent war in iraq,ever since then .the enviroment in iraq has never been condusive business wise.
I have about $40million dollars which i inherited from my late father and i will explain to you further on how i intend investing the money if you reply to my personal email below for security reasons.
(hassananie@netscape.net).
I awaite your immidiate reply
Hassan Anie

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