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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mathieu Grant" <british_banks_agence@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:48:59 +0000
Subject: HEUREUX GAGNANT DEAR WINNER

sieGES SOCIAUX NATIONAL British banks Loterie Les bureaux rue des jardin
rue de 45 avenue 15
cote d'ivoire


Expensive gaining We are happy to inform you that you are one of our gaining year 2007 of the international programs of barclays banks lottery in collaboration with unquestionable site meets that.
continuation lottery on line leads of an exclusive list of 21.000 E-mail addresses of individual and companies selected by an automated random research avance of computer of the Internet,therefore no ticket Na sold.

After the automated vote of our computer, your address of E-mail left as a one three gaining in the category “B” with the following information of profit: You were thus approved like gaining total sum of £100.000 (a hundred and thousand pounds sterling)
of reference: UK/9420X2/68 No.
IN BATCHES: 074/05/ZY369 No.
batch: 20511465463-7644 No.
of PUBLICATION PeRIODIQUE: S/N-00168

To enter possession of your profit, to contact the legal adviser of treatment: maitre stone mensoh Email: cabinet_maitre_mensoh@yahoo.fr

NB: we request from you of guard that confidential until which you enters in possession of your profits.
and we ask you to provide they are different information information has to provide:


1.Name and firts name : __________________________________

2.ADDRESS : _____________________________________________

3.SEX : _______________

4.AGE : ________

5. MARITAL STATUT : ___________________

6.OCCUPATION : ___________

7.NUMBER OF PHONE AND FAX : _____________________

8.NUMBER OF LOT : ___________________________________

9. CONTRY:________________________________

Sincerly
Mr. MatHIEU Grant



sieGES SOCIAUX NATIONAL British banks Loterie Les bureaux rue des jardin
rue de 45 avenue 15
cote d'ivoire

Cher gagnant

Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que vous êtes un de nos gagnants de l'année 2007 des programmes internationaux de barclays banks loterie en collaboration avec certains site rencontre que .
suite loterie en ligne conduit d'une liste exclusive de 21.000 adresses d'E-mail d'individuel et des sociétés sélectionnées par une recherche aléatoire automatisée
avançée d'ordinateur de l'Internet,donc aucun billet na ete vendues.

Après que le vote automatisé de notre ordinateur, votre adresse d'E-mail ait sortie en tant qu'un de trois gagnants dans la catégorie « B » avec l'information de gain suivante : Vous avez été donc approuvés
comme le gagnant de la somme totale de £100.000 (cent mille livres sterling)

de référence : UK/9420X2/68 No.
EN LOTS : 074/05/ZY369 No.
du lot : 20511465463-7644 No.
de PUBLICATION P?RIODIQUE : S/N-00168

Pour entrer possession de votre gain,

contacter le conseiller juridique de traitement : maitre pierre mensoh Email : cabinet_maitre_mensoh@yahoo.fr

NB; nous vous prions de garde cela confidentiel jusqu'a se que vous entre en possession de votre gains.

et nous vous demandons de fournir c'est differents information
information a fournir:

1.NOMS et prenom : __________________________________

2.ADDRESSE : _____________________________________________

3.SEXE : _______________

4.AGE : ________

5.STATUT MARITAL : ___________________

6.OCCUPATION : ___________

7.NUMERO DE TELEPHONE ET FAX : _____________________

8.NUMERO DU LOT GAGNE : ___________________________________

9. PAYS:________________________________

Sincèrement
Mr. Mathieu Grant

Anti-fraud resources:

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