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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:

• 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.
  • hugodaniel_consultant@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: marshall pam <marshall_pam011@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:01:51 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FINAL NOTICE OF YOUR PAYMENT.




RE: FINAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Be informed that your payment file has been transferred to a Financial Consultant that will immediately release your fund to your account designate.

This was based on the foundings on how your payment procedures was handled in an unusual pattern which gave avenue for fallacies and bogus promises which are total impossible any part of the world which are used as blackmail and extorting money from you. All these contributed to make it impossible for you to receive your fund. There has been large scale document pilferage, procedural bottle necks and diversions documentary sub-versions.

Based on that, the Board of Directors has decided to hand over your payment to a financial consultant based in London to facilitate the release of your payment via Bank of New York to your account designate.

You are advised to reconfirm all your payment details to the Financial Consultant Hugo Daniel& Associate to enable him facilitate the release of your payment.

You will contact Hugo Daniel Associate with the following details:

Name of the Contact person:HUGO DANIEL
E-mail Address:hugodaniel_consultant@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:44 76241 72296. Fax:44 20749 23322


Your urgent contact with him will be highly favoured being that your payment file has been forwarded to their office for immediate release.
But do keep us informed in any development.

Best Regards
MARSHALL PAM


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