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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.
  • patmorg761@maktoob.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "morgan patrick" <morganpatrick002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: patmorg761@maktoob.com
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:15:15 +0100
Subject: Can i trust you?

Dear Partner,

I came across your e-mail address on the chambers of commerce and industries
and i felt that you can be of assistance to me.

I want to transfer out £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling)
from our bank here, I have the courage to contact you for this important
transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in
future.

I am Mr.Morgan Patrick the chairman auditor and head of computing department
of our bank here in London,United Kingdom.

There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since my inception into
office in 2001,nobody has operated on this account again, after goingthrough
some old files, I discovered that if i do not remit this money out urgently,
it will be forfeited for nothing.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to any local bank here in London, but can only be approved to any
foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings and the former owner
of the account was John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.

Send me as a matter of urgency for onward processing of the transfer
documents in your favour, Your Private Tele & Fax Numbers, Account Number,
Account Name, Your Bank Name & Address,Your International Passport, Your
Occupation & Date Of Birth.

I await to receive your details, so that we can start the tranfer process.

Sincerely,

Mr.Morgan Patrick (Chairman)
Reply to (patmorg761@maktoob.com)

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