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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • comptonconference@europe.com
  • paulaalite@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "paula" <fitlinne@excite.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fitlinaa@excite.com
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:50:55 +0100
Subject: INVITATION

Dear Friend, My name is miss paula lite working with (WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE) wolverhampton unversity,united kingdom We are organizing a global youths combined conferences taking place from december 15th-19th 2006 at compton park campus unversity of wolverhampton united kingdom and in gambia from december 8th-12th 2006 .In our request to invite people from various countries around the world, I went in search of e-mails on the web site as a means of contacting youths and organizations .As a result, I picked your e-mail from an N.G.O`s website. If you are interested to participate and want torepresent your country, you may contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details and information. You should also inform them that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours (paula lite), who is a member of the united kingdom Youths 4 Peace and a staff of (WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE). I believe that we may have the opport
unity to meet if you may be willing to participate in this <br>event.You can also inform youths & NGOs in your country about these conferences. The benevolent donors of the Organizing Committee will provide round trip air tickets and accommodation for the period of participants? stay in the U.S., to all registered participants. If you are a holder of passport that may require visa to enter the United kingdom you may inform the conference secretariat at the time of registration, as the organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel assistances. Below is the contact address of the conference secretariat: By Tel/00447-031-931-247 or by email: comptonconference@europe.com Please reply me Via paulaalite@yahoo.ca Best regards,paula lite

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