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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrs_faith_aku1@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "faith aku" <faith_aku100@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:27:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


My Dearest one

I am contacting you today for a business which would be of immense benefit to you.I am Miss faith Aku Doughter of late Dr AKU who died on the 8th of July 2004, dear i am looking for a foriegner who would act as my Money & investment manager oversea. I have in my position $15million US dollars which i want to invest outside my country for a good and benefical business for My

survival,Dear this Money is the only hope i have and it is deposited in Bank Here in Ivory Cost By my late Father with my name which i cannot go for it because since my Father died all assets worth several million of dollars belonging to my family have been confiscated by the By His Business

Associates so this is top secretand you should not reveal it to anyone, i need good and trustworthy individual outside my country who have no previews relationship with my family who will assist me move the Money out from my country with his/her name for the investment. Iam proposing a commission of

20% (twenty percent) of the investment to you as soon as the Money is moved out with your name and invested . if you will assist medo get back to me for details on how we can move the Money out with your name without any problem.Please Email Me Through My Privat Email Address mrs_faith_aku1@yahoo.ca

Be bless by God

Mrs faith

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