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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 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.
  • jefferylucas@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jeffery lucas" <jefferylucas@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:07:37 +0000
Subject: URGENT THE LAWYER IS WAITING

Dear Sir,

Good day,how is work hope is fine,please sir,i have told you to send me your
privite cell phone number,so we can talk on phone better.then you will
understand everything here.

i have send to you the document which my late father use to deposite this
fund and we need to get them done here,with your name as our rightful
beneficiary and send them to you.this have to be done.befor you can contact
the security company for the claim and delivery to you.

Sir,right now the lawyer is waiting for you to send the fee down,so he can
process the document out with your name and get you the power of anttoney
from the high court of jutice here.
please do understand that you as our foriegn beneficiary will spend littel
money in this transaction to claim and receive our fund.once the fund is in
your position you will remove the money you spend and your %20 for your
assistance and invest the rest of the money for us to meet you over and
start a new life there with u.we are refugee here,all we have is the fund.

please sir,try and get the fee,and send it down for the lawyer to do the
change of ownership to ur name.this is what is delaying this transction and
you know delaying is not good.

please act fast so the security company can make the deliverying to you.

waiting for ur urgent respond.

thanks and God bless you.

best regard

jeffery and sister.


>From: Ann Wulfst <annwulfst32@mozartmail.info>
>Reply-To: annwulfst32@mozartmail.info
>To: jefferylucas@hotmail.com
>Subject: RE:{Spam?} THE LAWYER IS WAITING
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:00:06 +0100
>
>
>Hi,
>
>How far further has the fine proposal gone now?
>
>Again I am contrite. I am still much tied up with work issues - my old
>workplace has not been paying my salary for many hours so I now have to
>look for other work.
>
>Nevertheless, we should go ahead with your wonderful deal and I promise
>that I will resolve all your open issues sometime by the next 5 days.
>
>Just for you, In a very old tree, you may be certain that the sapwood is on
>the outside, while the heartwood is in the middle.
>
>I am very sorry but I only read some english in a small provincial college
>and it is not so perfect.
>
>Now I will expect a response from you please.
>
>regards,
>
>Hr Wulfst
>
>
>Note that I endeavored to call the phone number supplied but it could not
>connect. Sorry.
>
>PS. I did not understand so I am really regretful but I was not knowing
>that I was required to pay such monies beforehand. Is it really exigent?
>How come?
>
>
>Save the world. Get the girl. Pass math.
>http://www.ppmusic.com/music/comp12.htm

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