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

Fraud email example:

From: "from helen" <hely_dd@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:22:36 +0000
Subject: can you be trusted

Dear respectful One,
Its my pleasure to contact you for a business venture
which I intend to establish in
your country.
Though,I have not meet before but I believe I can
confide on you for a brighter future.
There is this huge amount($2.600.000.00) which our
late Father kept for us in the Security Company in
Cape Verde Island in africa before he was
assasinated by The REVOLUTIONAL WAR LORDS. Now I and
my brother decided to invest these money in your
country or any where safe enough outside Africa for
security and political reasons.
I want you to help me claim and retrieve these fund
from the Security company and transfer it into your
personal account in your country for investment
purposes on these areas:
1). Telecommunication
2). Transport Industry
3). Five star hotel
4). Real estate business etc,
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be
pleased to offer you 10% Of the total fund. I await
your soonest response. email : hely_dd@yahoo.ca

Respectfully yours,

From Helen Davies.

Anti-fraud resources:

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