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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:
  • "money order " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • tinfilim@yahoo.com
  • phone_distributor00@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "honers juse" <phone_distributor00@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:13:36 -0800
Subject: security information advice

hello,
you know what,for you to be rest assured thats it why i send to you the
MONEY GRAM COD information........you will only have to make the payment by
any of your relative name or even your wife's name i.e any bodies name at
all........you will only give us the reference number to verify if truely
you have made the payment....and immediiately we confirm the payment....you
recieve your phones first before you give me the secrete sender's name
........in other to be able to collect the money from money gram after you
might have collected your phones .....ok



>From: a a <tinfilim@yahoo.com>
>To: honers juse <phone_distributor00@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: PAYMENT INFORMATIOM
>Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:40:39 -0800 (PST)
>
>Thank you for the info. But I am little bit concerned
>here. How can you assure me that after I send you the
>money that I will get my phone. How can I verify that
>you are genuine seller. In case I didn't get my phone,
>what is the way that I can get my money back.Where
>should I complain. Are associated with BBB?
>Do you have any website, genuine email(official one:
>not freeemail ) and your company's registration info
>that I can verify before I buy for my satisfaction.
>Do you have any customer care email number that I can
>write call to verify my delivery.
>
>You know there are lots of internet crimes and spams
>that attract people to send them money and people
>never get their product. just to verify your
>authenticity, please provide above information. I will
>make money order ready this evening.
>
>
>
>Please write in detail.
>
>Thank you.
>
>--- honers juse <phone_distributor00@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam