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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.
  • maikedamian1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mike damian <maikedamian1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:16:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Respectful One


Dear Respectful One,


Compliment of the season.



After going through your profile, I decided to contact you for friendship and business assistance.

I am mike damian only child of Mr and Mrs damian Dikko,my father was posioned to death by his business associates because of his wealth and during my fathers sickness he called me on his sick bed as his only child because my mother died when am young and told me about the money($10.500.000) he deposited in a bank here in our country that it was because of this money he was posioned that if he dies i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this our country to his account for investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education then the person will be managing the investment.

Dear,I am solicating your assistance to help me transfer this money out of this country for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country.
Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss on what will be your compersation for this assistace.

Please help me accord this transaction with the due confidentiality it demands. I appreciate it if you will respond to me as soon as possible.I will send you my Identification in my subsequent mail upon hearing from you. This transaction will bring us into an everlasting relationship rooted on truth and fear of God.


Please reply me directely on this my private mail box for more detail (maikedamian1@yahoo.com)

May God Bless You ,while expecting your immediate response.
Kind regards, May peace of Almighty God be with you.
mike damian.




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