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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.
  • l33mozembe@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lilly mozembe" <l33mozembe@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:40:49 +0000
Subject: Re: God Bless you.


Try as much as pusible to send the fee to lawyer in the following 3 days as
you promised to do. I am waiting for your good news as soon as you make the
payment to lawyer for change of ownership of the 2 boxes.
God Bless you.
Yours
Lilly Mozembe

>From: Hanz Kalblich <hanzkalblich53@mozartmail.info>
>Reply-To: hanzkalblich53@mozartmail.info
>To: l33mozembe@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re:{Spam?} RE:Lilly Mozembe
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:00:27 +0100
>
>
>Much thanks for the reply.
>
>How much further has the amazing scheme gone now?
>
>Once again I am compunctious. I am still extremely preoccupied with work
>problems - my old wage office has not been paying me my money for some time
>so I now have to find employment elsewhere.
>
>Nevertheless, we should move on with your great proposal and I confirm now
>that I will fix all your open issues sometime within the following 3 days.
>
>I recall that, An old friend met in a far country is like rain after
>drought.
>
>If you found that my written English is not good, I am apologetic but it is
>not my main language.
>
>I urgently await your response.
>
>best regards,
>
>Hr. Hanz Kalblich
>
>
>Note: You should be informed that the phone number you wrote was
>unobtainable. Please provide a proper number.
>
>
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