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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.
  • onuo1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR SONJA" <onuo1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:54:11 +0100
Subject: GOLD FOR SALE BUYERS NEEDED

GOLD FOR SALE BUYERS NEEDED......
Compliments of the season ..................
We Got the Esteemed Adress of Your Reputable Company
Through a Brooker Agency in Senegal [TRADE POINT
SENEGAL] a member of Senegal Chamber of Commerce a
Well known Agency in Senegal.

Sir.we take this opportunity to introduce you to our
Company we are a Group of local chiefs of Berewa
Chiefdom in the northern province of Sierra-Leone
represented in Guinee-Conakry. Mali- Bamako and
Banjul, The Gambia, Dakar, Senegal West Africa.

We are one of the Reputable Exporters of Gold and
Diamonds and Trade promoter of various African
Materials,
We are a Licensed Holder for the Exportation of
Precious Minerals such as GOLD and DIAMOND DUST.. GOLD BARS...
GEMSTONE in good quality at Competative prices .
Our Export Coucil Wishes to Inform You and Your
Associates that We have presently 350 KILOS OF GOLD
DUST OF 22 CARRATS. AT PRICE OF $ 8000 U.S.D PER KILO
E mails: onuo1@yahoo.com
And We Can Supply Large Quantity to any interested
Buyer or Company.
We look forward for a Profitable Business Venture
Between for both Companies
Hear from you soon.....
Thanks........
Best Regards.....
MR SONJA....

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