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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.
  • +448712563360 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447802000536
• 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.
  • adams_smith2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adams smith" <adams-smith13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adams_smith2@myway.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:08:11 -0500
Subject: THANKS

Adams Smith & Associate,
TEL: +44 7802000536
Fax: +44 8712563360
Compliment of the season!
After reading about you on the internet,
I found it interesting and decided to contact you for a
business transaction. Be so kind to contact me at your
earliestconvenient for a possible business deal
involving money transfer of about $38 Million.
I am presently in London working as a legal advice
with the HSBC Bank at their offshore department located
at the Isle Of Man. With your sincere assistant
and co-operation,I am determined to work this deal
out if we can do business. As at this moment,I am constrained
to issue more details about this business until your response
is received.
If you are not familiar with the above
information,please take a moment of your very busy
schedules to read about it on the
internet and send
your response to my email address.[adams_smith2@myway.com]
This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Kind Regards,
Adams Smith

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