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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • azaheed@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Zaheed" <rmoore@lotto.nl>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 01:30:52
Subject: $15 million dollars business proposal

Good day,
This is Ahmed Zaheed the first son of a late Abdul Zaheed, a millionaire Mogul of Saudi Arabia who recently died of Esophageal cancer,in Saudi Arabia. I got your contact on the internet as I was looking for a God fearing person who will help save the life of my family.
I am therefore contacting you to assist me in channeling the sum of $5 Million U.S Dollars belonging to my late father into a productive investment ventures in your country. The money was reserved by my late father for the acquisition of coldroom equipments in Europe but was deposited with a security company in the Netherlands for security reason and this couple with his untimely death.

I have contacted you on the consideration that you can assist me and work out the possibility of placing this fund with you for management either in your existing establishment or other venture to be undertaken at your discretion under terms to be agreed upon. I therefore prefer that this investment be made in your country.

I shall be expecting your response in order to furnish you with details of the funds. All replies in response of this mail shall be directed to my private email address: azaheed@excite.com. Thank you. May this mail receive its earliest attention

Yours faithfully
Ahmed Zaheed

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