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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • beauty_textiles@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Beauty Textiles" <btuk2@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:19:31 +0000
Subject: Work from home.

Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Kevin Smith, I just came about your email
address and your brief profile through an email
listing affiliated with the US Chamber of Commerce and
I would be very interested in offering you a part-time
paying job in which you could earn a lot.
This job would be based on contract and commission
terms, it is a part-time paying job and it would involve
quite a handful of trust and honesty. If you would be
interested in including a good-paying, part time job
to your daily list of activities and earning up to
$4000, then you could kindly reply my email and I
would be glad to brief you more.
Please bear it in mind that this job has nothing to
do with sales or marketing, I just have an offer that
you may find very good. If you are interested, please email
me back at beauty_textiles@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks.
Kevin Smith
+44(0)7040116212

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